Brown+vs.+Board


 * ​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
 * Parents against the segregation of schools and the effect it has on kids.
 * Took place in multiple different areas.

**MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE PLAINTIFF** **(for integration) (check [|Link 1] )** List the major arguments of the plaintiffs
 * It was against the constitution to discriminate against race.
 * Equal protection of law is not equal when the society is segregated.
 * There are harmful psychological effects on the kids who go to segregated schools

**MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE DEFENDANTS** **(for segregation) (check [|Link 1] )** List the major arguments of the Defendants


 * Constitution does not require black and white kids to attend the same schools.
 * Segregation is a state decision, and is not the business of the Federal Courts.
 * Segregation was not harmful
 * Blacks still live in with the effects of slavery, they can't compete in an integrated classroom.

**THE CHANGE IN THE COURT** **(leading to a decision) (check** [|**Link 1**] **)** What important change happened, and wha t  was its impact? The chief justice died, and President Eisenhower appointed a new one. The former chief justice did not believe the supreme court could do anything about the schools. The new one persuaded the court to join his side. What did the Court decide? The 14th amendment did not say if it was okay to segregate schools, but transportation was desegregated, and education will continue to be segregated. **THE IMPACT and LEGACY** **(Check** [|**Link 1**] **)** What is the overall importance and legacy of //Brown v. Board// ? The "deliberate speed" of the integration was really slow moving. Schools could now build defenses against integration.
 * THE COURT DECISION ** **(in your own words) (check** [|**Link 1**] **and Link 2)**
 * ENFORCING THE DECISION ** **(discuss "with all deliberate speed) (Check [|Link 1] )**