Brown vs. The Board of Education II

According to the essay, what was Marshall's argument against segregation?

Intangible factors made the education unequal.

Why were so many people willing to join the fight against segregation in schools?

Many people wanted racial equality and were ready to stand behind a legal fight.

What was the goal of the parents in the case?

They wanted equality and for their children to be able to attend schools with whites without being separated.

Define defacto and dejure. How we see examples of each of these concepts in our world.

Defacto means existing by an actual fact. Dejure means of the law, or set by laws. Defacto example in today's world is racial discrimination and segregation. Dejure example is when race is separated.

The case of Brown vs the Board of Education changed the country because segregation in public schools is unconstitutional, then segregation is unconstitutional (where)

Everywhere, blacks could not go to school; use the same bathrooms, the same restaurants, etc. as white people. That is what the case was about, trying to stop this so that everyone can be equal.

What does the term "defacto" mean?

Existing by actual fact.

How did law professor Charles Hamilton Houston influence Thurgood Marshall?

Houston encouraged his students to use the law to help African Americans.

How did the ruling in Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka change the struggle for civil rights?

It signaled that laws oppressing African Americans would have to fall.

How was the case named?

Oliver Brown, versus Board of Education of Topeka. Segregation of students in public schools violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, because separate facilities are unequal.

What was the Supreme Court's decision in Brown vs. the Board of Education?

Segregation of public schools was a violation of the 14th amendment and was therefore unconstitutional.

What is the definition of impetus?

Something the begins or inspires.

Thurgood Marshall's grandfather was called ornery, what does this word mean?

Stubborn and difficult to deal with.

What is the main job of the Supreme Court?

The Supreme Court's main job is to decide whether laws are allowable under the U.S. Constitution.

According to the essay, why did black and white students in the North usually go to separate schools from the end of the Civil War to the 1950s?

The students lived in different neighborhoods and attended schools near their homes.

Who was the first African American Supreme Court Justice?

Thurgood Marshall

Who led the battery of NAACP attorneys in the challenge to end segregation?

Thurgood Marshall.

List any three people or groups who were involved in the case?

a.) Thurgood Marshall b.) Dr. Kenneth B. Clark c.) Charles Hamilton Houston

The Case of Brown vs. The Board of Education decided that segregation was

in violation of our equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment, which holds that no state can "deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."

What does the word "dejure" mean?

of the law, set by laws.