Brown+VS.+the+Board+of+Education

 Yes I was successful in making the schools equal and then enrolled in a school for white people. Segregation hurt many young African American students. In Delaware, a judge ruled that African Americans can enroll in white schools in their area but would not outlaw segregation. Many African Americans tried to enroll in white schools but they knew it wouldn’t be allowed. They used the refusal as a reason to sue the school.
 * SETTING THE STAGE** - Were you successful? What did your learn in the activity (just think about it ....)

**THE BASIC FACTS OF THE CASES** Make a bulleted list of the basic facts of the __cases__ brought to the Supreme Court
 *  African Americans wanted to be enrolled in white schools/ nonsegregated schools
 *  How segregated schools were mentally harmful to children
 *  African Americans wanted better schools for their children

 **THE MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE PLAINTIFF** **(for integration)** List the major arguments of the plaintiffs
 * 1)  Racial Segregation is illegal (equal protection of the laws and 14th Amendment)
 * 2)  14th Amendment didn’t say that states can create segregated schools
 * 3)  Segregation causes mental harm to African American children

 **THE MAIN ARGUMENTS OF THE DEFENDANTS** **(for segregation)**
 * 1)  The Constitution doesn’t states that black and white children have to go to the same schools
 * 2)  Segregation was a custom to the region
 * 3)  Segregation didn’t harm African Americans
 * 4)  White people were trying to make the schools equal but because of slavery, black children weren’t on the same level as whites

**THE CHANGE IN THE COURT** **(leading to a decision)** What important change happened in the Supreme Court, and what was its impact?  The supreme court was finally siding with the African Americans and agreed that segregated schools were wrong. They said that education is very important and that African Americans should have equal education. It allowed African American children to enroll in white schools and actually have an equal education.

**THE COURT DECISION** **(in your own words)** What did the Supreme Court decide in the landmark decision?  They decided that segregated schools were caused mental harm to colored children. They also said that segregation implied that whites were superior to blacks which is not the case. The term “separate but equal” is not allowed to be included in the subject of education.

**ENFORCING THE DECISION** **(discuss "with all deliberate speed)**    What was the Court's statement about the enforcement of the decision? What happened to the enforcement?   The court said that all the states that allowed segregation must end it as soon as possible. "With all deliberate speed" is the rate at which schools in segregated states must desegregate their schools. They didn’t give a specific timeline or date so the segregationists tried to resist it by picketing and campaigning.

<span style="color: #c8191a; font: 14.0px Chalkboard; line-height: 19.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"> **THE IMPACT and LEGACY** What is the overall importance and legacy of Brown v. Board? <span style="color: #006d91; font: 14.0px Chalkboard; line-height: 19.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"> This trial that granted equal schools and ended segregation for blacks encouraged other minority groups to start their own campaign for their equality.