*Brown+v.+Board+of+Education


 * 1) The **__Brown v. Board of Education__** Supreme Court case was decided on May 17, 1954. 1/1

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 * 1) **Summary:** In Topeka, Kansas in 1951, a young black girl named Linda Brown was recognized PASSIVE VOICE because she had to walk one mile through a railroad switch-yard to get to her (all black) school, even though there was a white school only 7 blocks away. Her father, Oliver Brown, attempted to enroll her into the white school, but was rejected by the principal. He (Brown) then went to McKinley Burnett, who was the head of Topeka's branch of NAACP, or the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The NAACP organization was happy to help, considering they had been looking for a way to "challenge segregation in public schools." The situation gained interest, and other black families joined. In 1951, NAACP requested an injunction forbidding the segregation of public schools. NAACP argued at the trial that segregation made African American children feel inferior, and gave them the idea that whites were "better." The Board of Education (the defendant) argued that segregation was good for black students, and it prepared them for their segregated life ahead. The Board also brought up the idea that segregation was good for African Americans, and famous blacks still succeeded even though they were segregated all their lives. On October 1, 1951, Oliver Brown and the NAACP appealed to the Supreme Court, and the Court first heard the case on December 9, 1952. They couldn't come to a decision, however, and a re-argument took place on December 7-8, 1953. NICE JOB 5/5

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 * 2. Constitutional/Le****gal Issue:** The legal question that was dealt with in this case is: Does segregation of white and African American children in public schools deny African Americans their right to equal protection under the 14th Amendment? As used in the question, the 14th Amendment was very involved in this case. The Amendment states, among other things: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”
 * 3. Decision or Holding:** The Supreme Court decided in a 9-0 vote that the “separate but equal” doctrine of the **//Plessy vs. Ferguson//** case of 1896 (which included the rights of African Americans vs. whites, and decided that being separated //doesn’t// violate the 14th Amendment) did in fact go against the Constitution, and it would be shot down. The Court also decided ORDERED to desegregate all schools across the United States of America.

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 * 1) **Significance:** This case has had extreme impact on America. All people, no matter what race or color, are now considered equal, and the **//Brow//****//n vs. Ferguson//** case has assisted this goal in a major way. Now all people get the same lega[[image:10liptak.600.jpg width="300" height="160" align="right"]]l treatment (by law, at least), and all receive equal education oppurtunities.

IT DID NOT BECOME A REALITY OVERNIGHT - IT TOOK A LONG TIME FOR THE DECISION TO BE ENFORCED - SEE LITTLE ROCK, AK

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LABEL PICTURES!!!

Cozzens, L. (1995). //Brown v. board of education//. Retrieved from http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/early-civilrights/brown.html

Mount, S. (2008). //U.s. constitution- amendment 14//. Retrieved from http://www.usconstitution.net/xconst_Am14.html

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23/25 = 92% (B+) GOOD WORK - SEE COMMENTS ABOVE