Brown+Vs.+Boars+of+Education


 * //BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION//
 * What would break the back of Jim Crow America? What role did education play in the movement to desgregate America?**

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 * BASIC FACTS OF THE CASES (more than one) (check video, [|Link 1], [|Link 2], [|Link 3])**


 * in Topeka, Kansas four black elementary schools were operated by the government
 * fourteen parents including Oliver Brown complained saying that segregated elementary schools have harmful psychological effects for African American Children
 * THE CHANGE IN THE COURT (leading to a decision) (check** [|**Link 1**]**)**

Chief Justice Fren Vinson and a few others were uncertain of the constitutional authority of the Court to end segregation. They also thought that ending school segregation would not be able to be enforced. However, things changed when Chief Justice Fren Vinson died, and President Eisenhower made Earl Warren the new chief justice. His views were different than Vinson's and his decisions would changed the future of America.


 * THE COURT DECISION (in your own words) (check** [|**Link 1**] **and Link 2)**

The decision was made by Earl Warren. He sided with the civil rights attorneys, and that it was not intended when the fourteenth amendment was written to segregated public schools. Earl Warrens view was that since education was the most important service of the state, segregation between whites and blacks was depriving African Americans of due process, and equal protection which was stated in the Fourteenth Amendment. 

**ENFORCING THE DECISION (discuss "with all deliberate speed) (Check [|Link 1] ** **)**

Once the court made its decisions, the segregation os schools was declared unconstitutional. The courts then ordered for the states just to end segregation with "all deliberate speed". This statement was indirect and therefore led to the developement of segregationist organizations. However, the majority of whites did not appose the Brown decision, but those who did thought of it as an "assault on their way of life". Segragationists took this act as an offense and began a rebelion.

**THE IMPACT and LEGACY** **(Check** [|**Link 1**]**)**

The conflict that was resulted from this was not soon ended. Later on in the 1950's African Americans demanded on the Brown decision being enforced. They began a campaign which soon became part of the fight for social justice. Fifty years after the Brown decision was made, the campaign has widened its range and variety of people looking for equal opportunites. These range consist of ricial and enthnic minorities, women, disabled, and many other groups.