-+Brown+vs.+Board+of+Edu.

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 * SETTING THE STAGE** - **[|Participate in The Road to Justice activity] Were you successful? What did your learn in the activity (just think about it ....) **

** THE BASIC FACTS OF THE CASES (more than one)**
 * Make a bulleted list of the basic facts of the __cases__ brought to the Supreme Court. **
 * ** None of the cases would have been possible without individuals who were courageous enough to take a stand against the segregated system. **
 * ** Segregated elementary schools, and harmful psychological effects of segregation on african american children. **

** THE MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE PLAINTIFF (for integration)**
 * List the major arguments of the plaintiffs **
 * **In //Plessy v. Ferguson,// the Supreme Court had misinterpreted the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Equal protection of the laws did not allow for racial segregation. **
 * **The Fourteenth Amendment allowed the government to prohibit any discriminatory state action based on race, including segregation in public schools. **
 * **The Fourteenth Amendment did not specify whether the states would be allowed to establish segregated education. **
 * **Psychological testing demonstrated the harmful effects of segregation on the minds of African American children **

** THE MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE DEFENDANTS ** **List the major arguments of the Defendants**
 * **The Constitution did not require white and African American children to attend the same schools.**
 * **Social separation of blacks and whites was a regional custom; the states should be left free to regulate their own social affairs.**
 * **Segregation was not harmful to black people.**
 * **Whites were making a good faith effort to equalize the two educational systems. But because black children were still living with the effects of slavery, it would take some time before they were able to compete with white children in the same classroom.**

** In September 1953 Vinson died, and President Dwight Eisenhower awarded Earl Warren as chief justice. His leadership in producing a unanimous decision to overturn //Plessy// changed the course of American history. - []**
 * THE CHANGE IN THE COURT (leading to a decision)**
 * What important change happened in the Supreme Court, and what was its impact?**

** THE COURT DECISION (in your own words)** **What did the Supreme Court decide in the landmark decision?** **He is pretty much saying, "segregation between whit and black children has had a bad effect on black children. Its is even harder on them when there is a law keeping them out of white schools. The 'separate but equal' doctrine is no longer equal.**

**ENFORCING THE DECISION (discuss "with all deliberate speed) **
 * What was the Court's statement about the enforcement of the decision? What happened to the enforcement? **
 * The Court ordered only that the states end segregation with “all deliberate speed.” This tells how to enforce the ruling and gave segregationists the chance to organize resistance. Many accepted the black but many people did not, they considered it an, "assault on their way of life." **

**THE IMPACT and LEGACY** <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** The importance of this is how it worked and how it changed peoples lives for the good. It let ethnic minorities, women, people with disabilities, and other groups all have a good education. **
 * What is the overall importance and legacy of //Brown v. Board//? **