BROWN+V.+BOARD+OF+EDUCATION

 · **//“Brown v. Board of Education //**** Legal Case Summary **
 * THE BASIC FACTS OF THE CASES ** Make a bulleted list of the basic facts of the __cases__ brought to the Supreme Court
 * Place:** Topeka, Kansas

 · **Grievance: ** Segregated elementary schools, and the harmful psychological effects of segregation on African American children

 · **Plaintiffs: ** Oliver Brown and 13 other parents from Topeka

 · **Decision: ** A three-judge federal court ruled against the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs’ appeal reached the U.S. Supreme Court.” (That was a perfect quote from http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/brown/history/4-five/topeka-kansas-1.html) <span style="background: white; line-height: 23.65pt; margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: #1d1c14; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">This was a little girl whose parents sued so that she could attend an all-white school in her neighborhood <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">

List the major arguments of the plaintiffs <span style="background: white; line-height: 23.65pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: #1d1c14; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Equal protection of the laws did not allow for segregation. · <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The 14th amendment did not allow it. <span style="background: white; line-height: 23.65pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: #1d1c14; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Psychological testing showed that segregation is hurtful the minds of African American children. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="background: white; line-height: 23.65pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: #1d1c14; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">The Constitution did not oblige white and African American children to attend the same schools. <span style="background: white; line-height: 23.65pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: #1d1c14; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">The parting of blacks and whites was a regional custom; the states should be left free to regulate their own social affairs. <span style="background: white; line-height: 23.65pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: #1d1c14; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Segregation was not harmful to black people. · <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">It would take some time for the two races to be equal. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">
 * <span style="color: #c81919; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">THE MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE PLAINTIFF **
 * <span style="color: #c81919; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">THE MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE DEFENDANTS **List the major arguments of the Defendants

What important change happened in the Supreme Court, and what was its impact? · <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In September 1953 Vinson died, and Earl Warren took his place as chief justice <span style="background: white; line-height: 23.65pt; margin-left: 0.5in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: #1d1c14; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Under his leadership he helped produce a unanimous decision to <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">overturn //Plessy// case. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">
 * <span style="color: #c81919; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">THE CHANGE IN THE COURT **

· <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Earl Warren wrote the decision for the court · <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">It was agreed that it was not clear weather the 14th amendment allowed segregation or not · <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">He said that education was the most important part of a child’s life in America and that it should be equal. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">
 * <span style="color: #c81919; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">THE COURT DECISION **What did the Supreme Court decide in the landmark decision?


 * <span style="color: #c81919; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">ENFORCING THE DECISION ** What was the Court's statement about the enforcement of the decision? What happened to the enforcement?

· <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> The Court only ordered that the states end segregation with “all deliberate speed.” This was a very vague statement. · <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">It left time for people to contradict this decision · <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Picketer protested · <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">It did not help that the president did not support the decision. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">

What is the overall importance and legacy of //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Brown v. Board //? <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> · <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">It did help but many southerners fought their hardest to prevent it   · <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Also many black people were bound and determined to get it    · <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">This will soon lead to the rights of other groups that were not treated fairly, like women.
 * <span style="color: #c81919; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">THE IMPACT and LEGACY ** **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">(Check ** <span style="background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; cursor: pointer;">[|**Link 1**] **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">) **