Brown+v.+Board+of+Education

​ Name of Event (1 pt) Brown v. Board of Education

When/Where this event took place (2 pts) The case began in 1950 and ended on May 17, 1954. It started in Topeka Kansas and went to the Supreme Court.

Who was involved? (3 pts) The Supreme Court, the Brown family, Oliver W. Hill, and other lawyers.

What happened during this event (2-4 sentences) (4 pts) This event canged history. It made it alright for blacks to go to the same school as whites. It helped blacks get a better education.

What is the significance of this event on the Civil Rights Movement? (4-5 sentences) (8 pts) It gave blacks encouragement to move forward. It integrated schools and was one less thing that blacks had to fight for. If blacks had a better education they could get better jobs. They could prove themselves to the whites. This whole event showed how wrong the case of Plessy vs. Fergusun was. Separate is not equal. Blacks and whites should be allowed in the same school together to make things fair and show that one is not better than the other.

On a scale of 1 (low) to 10 (high) how great of an impact do you think this event had on the Civil Rights Movement? (Explain your reasoning in 4-5 sentences) (8 pts) I think this event had a 7 on the scale. It was a big impact on Civils Rights movement but is was not the biggest. It was important because blacks could get a good education. I think the Emmett Till case and Martin Luther King Jr. had a bigger impact. My life would be very different with out this case because I would not know a lot of nice people just because of this case. Schools would be all one race and not be integrated what so ever. This made Jim Crow laws and segregation illegal.

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