Brown v. Board of Education
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Created on March 15, 2022
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Courtcase Brown v. Board of education
21.03.2022
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Yasemin, Leonie
Structure
The case
The aftermath
Development
Questions
Results/Impact
- you're a parent
- your child wants to attend a school a few blocks away
- gets rejected because of the skin color
Imagine...
What would you do?
How'd you react?
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/26/us/linda-brown-dies/index.html
- "Segregate but equal" (Jim Crow Laws)
- NAACP filed lawsuits 1951
- Brown wanted his daughter to attend an all-white school
- Decision on the 14th May 1954
Brown v. Board of Education
The case
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/03/27/the-determined-black-dad-who-took-linda-brown-by-the-hand-and-stepped-into-history/
- U.S District Court ruled in favor school boards
- appealed to the U.S. Supreme court in 1952
- Thurgood Marshall lawyer of the plaintiffs
- Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution violated
- rehear the case in december 1953
- May 14 1954 court's opinion got delivered
Development
https://www.britannica.com/event/Brown-v-Board-of-Education-of-Topeka
- Milestone in the fight for equality
- brought awareness
- increased effort to end institutionalized racism
- brought hope to millions of Americans
—> still a lot of work to do
Impact
Question
How do you think was the reaction after the court decision?
Percentages of students attending schools that are highly segregated by race and ethnicity (2020)
What do you think was the reaction on the decision?
The aftermath
- wide opposition to desegregation
- largely in the southern states
- Implementing "school-choice" Programms
https://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/nicole-hemmer/2014/05/20/resegregation-in-us-schools-60-years-after-brown-v-board-of-education
- What did the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education decide?
- When was Brown v. Board of Education decided?
Questions
Any questions?
Thanks for
your attention!
https://www.epi.org/publication/schools-are-still-segregated-and-black-children-are-paying-a-price/
https://www.naacpldf.org/case-issue/landmark-brown-v-board-education/
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/brown-v-board-of-education-of-topeka
https://www.britannica.com/event/Brown-v-Board-of-Education-of-Topeka
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