Brown+v.+Board+5.8.12


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** THE BASIC FACTS OF THE CASES **
 * Schools for African Americans were not equal
 * Segregation is technically a state right even if the Supreme Court ruled against it

** THE MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE PLAINTIFF **
 * Phsycological testing proved harmful effects of segregation on minds of African American children
 * 14th Ammendment did not specify if states could est. segregated schools
 * 14th Ammendment allowed government to prohibit any state's discriminitory act
 * Equal protection of the laws did not allow segregation of schools

** THE MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE DEFENDANTS **
 * The Constitution did not require African American children to attend the same schools
 * Segregation was regional custom, states should be free to regulate affairs
 * Segregation was not harmful to African Americans
 * Whites were making a good effort to equalize the two education systems, since African American children were still living with the effects of slavery, it would take them a while to be able to compete with white children in the classroom.

** THE CHANGE IN THE COURT **
 * Earl Warren became chief justice, leading the court towards overturning Plessy

** THE COURT DECISION **
 * Segregated schools did not provide equal protection for African American students and were not constitutional

**ENFORCING THE DECISION** **THE IMPACT and LEGACY**
 * The Supreme Court said only that segregation in schools be ended with "all deliberate speed"
 * Many Southerners opposed
 * Civil Rights movement spread to broader audience
 * Equality for minorities, including Women and those with disablities