Brown+VS+Board

 Using the links provided, analyze the landmark Supreme Court case //Brown v. Board of Education//. Cut and paste the information below into a new entry on your Unit 8 Online Notebook.

SETTING THE STAGE ** - [|**Participate in The Road to Justice activity**] **

BASIC FACTS OF THE CASES (more than one) (check video, [|Link 1], [|Link 2] , [|Link 3] )** Make a bulleted list of the basic facts of the cases brought to the Supreme Court In the 1950s, the state capital Topeka, Kansas. operated four elementary schools for blacks. Topeka had a population of 80,000. The city was an economic center for surrounding farmlands. Hospitals and clinics were the largest employers. Eight percent of the city was black. Buses and railroads were integrated. **

MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE PLAINTIFF (for integration) (check [|Link 1] )** List the major arguments of the plaintiffs The court misinterpreted the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment. The 14th amendment law allowed government to prohibit any discriminatory state action based on race. Testing demonstrated harmful effects on segregation and the minds of AFrican American Childeren.**

MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE DEFENDANTS (for segregation) (check [|Link 1] )** List the major arguments of the Defendants The constitution did not require white and african american childeren to attend the same schools. Segregation was not harmful to black people. Seperation was a regional custom.** THE CHANGE IN THE COURT (leading to a decision) (check** [|**Link 1**] **)** What important change happened, and what was its impact? In semptember 1953, Vinson died. Dwight Eisenhower appointed Earl Warren as chief jsutice, and he overturned a unainimous decision to overturn plessy. **THE COURT DECISION (in your own words) (check** [|**Link 1**] **and Link 2)** What did the Court decide? The court decieded that segregation has a detrimental effect upon colored childeren. They concluded that seperate but equal had no place. **ENFORCING THE DECISION (discuss "with all deliberate speed) (Check [|Link 1] )
 * Many whites welcomed the brown decision, and a large number considered it an assult on their way of life. The vagueness of the ruling gave segregationists the opportunity to organize resistance.**

THE IMPACT and LEGACY (Check** [|**Link 1**] **)** What is the overall importance and legacy of //Brown v. Board// ? Many people were unprepared for the intesity of the resistance among white southereners. Likewise, defenders of the southern way of life underestimated the determination of their black niehgbors. Freedom became a struggle that spread across the country, that began to involve minorities, women, and other groups, demanding equal opportunity. **