BrownvsBoard

They basically wanted to destroy school segregation in Topeka, Kansas. They claimed it was having psychological effects on the African American children. Seeing as how segregation wasn't as strong in Kansas as it was in the Deep South, they thought they could win easily.
 * BASIC FACTS OF THE CASES (more than one) (check video, [|Link 1], [|Link 2], [|Link 3])**

In a prior court case, the Supreme Court misinterpreted the 14th amendment. Racial segregation is not under equal protection of laws. The Fourteenth Amendment also allowed the government to prohibit any discriminatory state action based on race, including segregation in public schools. It didn't say whether states were allowed to create segregated education laws or not. And psychological testing on African American children proved it was doing them damage. The constitution did not say that white and black children had to attend the same school. The speration of whites and blacks was a social custom; the government should stay out of the social customs of states. Segregation wasn't harmful to African Americans. White people are trying to equalize the classrooms, but the blacks are still suffering from slavery so it would be awhile before they could compete with white schools.
 * MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE PLAINTIFF (for integration) (check [|Link 1])**
 * MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE DEFENDANTS (for segregation) (check [|Link 1])**

When the old supreme court justice died, President Eisenhower appointed Chief Justice Earl Warren. Under Warren's leadership the supreme court overturned their decision on the Plessy case. This changed the course of American history.
 * THE CHANGE IN THE COURT (leading to a decision) (check** [|**Link 1**]**)**

He saw that the framers of the 14th amendment were not clear about "segregated public education." The 14th amendment helped with transportation not education. But, he said, that the present was at stake, not the past. He felt that education was the most important thing at this time of the country, and he said that segregation was taking away their right of equal protection under law.
 * THE COURT DECISION (in your own words) (check** [|**Link 1**] **and Link 2)**

**ENFORCING THE DECISION (discuss "with all deliberate speed") (Check [|Link 1] ****)** here The court ruled segregation of education unconstitutional. They ordered that the states remove segregation of education "with all deliberate speed." This was very vague and didn't tell how to enforce the removal of segregation in education. This gave s egregationists time to resist. Many southern whites accepted this decision, but many segregationists claimed it interfered with their way of life. In order to retaliate, they launched militant campaigns to scare their communities.   Continuing in the 1950s African Americans continued to try and enforce the Brown decision. Many were unprepared for the resistance of the white southerners that wanted to keep segregation. On the other hand, many white southerners were unprepared for the dedication and determination of their African American neighbors. This fight started spreading throughout the country, and soon it wasn't just about school desegregation. It was about Social Justice. Fifty years after the Brown Decision, it has spread to help racial and ethnic minorities, women, people with disabilities, and other groups, who all wanted equal freedom.
 * THE IMPACT and LEGACY** **(Check** [|**Link 1**]**)**