Interpret this map.
The cases involved in the Brown v Board of Education were involved in the following locations: Topeka, KS; Summerton, SC; Farmville, VA; Washington, DC; and Wilmington DE. One of the Supreme Court Justices stated, "We consolidated them and made Brown the first so that the whole question would not smack of being purely a Southern one. What do you think he meant by that statement.
Listen to the interview and note any issues that might be related to the Brown v Board of Education Supreme Court decision. The court required desegregation to occur "with all deliberate speed." Image being a student, a teacher, a principal, or a parent. What might each anticipate if he/she were to soon experience desegregation? Would it occur differently in the North than the South? Why?
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What Happened After Brown v Board of Education?
Timeline
1954 - In Brown v Board of Education, the Supreme Court rules that racial segregation in public schools violates the 14th Amendment. This decision overturns the "separate but equal" doctrine that enabled segregation.
1855 - In the decision in Brown II, the Supreme Court orders the lower courts to require desegregation "with all deliberate speed."
1956 - The first African American student is enrolled at the University of Alabama. Riots occur and the student is expelled for criticizing the school.
The state of Virginia calls for "massive resistance" and promises to close schools rather than desegregate.
1957 - Nine Black students are escorted to Central High School in Little Rock, AR, by National Guard Troops.
1958 - The NAACP wins a Supreme Court ruling barring the Governor of Arkansas from interfering with integration in Little Rock.
1959 - Prince Edward County, VA, closes its public schools.
Twenty-five thousand youth mark in Washington, DC, in support of integration.
1960 - Ruby Bridges is protected by federal marshals in New Orleans as she enrolls in school.
1961 - University of Georgia admits it first African American students, Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter. Riots broke out.
1962 - The University of Mississippi admits its first African American student James Meredith, and more than 2,000 Whites riot.
1963 - Two African American students register at the University of Alabama after president Kennedy federalizes the Alabama National Guard.
1964 - The Civil Rights Act is passed by Congress. It bans discrimination in Prince Edward County is is ordered to reopen its schools.
1965 - Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. leads a 5-day march for voting rights from Selma, AL, to Montgomery, AL.
Congress passes the Voting Rights Act.
1967 - Thurgood Marshall becomes the first African American Supreme Court Justice.
1969 - The Supreme Court orders Mississippi schools desegregated immediately.
1971 - The Supreme Court upholds busing, magnet schools, compensatory eduatin, and other remedies to facilitate desegregation of public schools.
1954 - In Brown v Board of Education, the Supreme Court rules that racial segregation in public schools violates the 14th Amendment. This decision overturns the "separate but equal" doctrine that enabled segregation.
1855 - In the decision in Brown II, the Supreme Court orders the lower courts to require desegregation "with all deliberate speed."
1956 - The first African American student is enrolled at the University of Alabama. Riots occur and the student is expelled for criticizing the school.
The state of Virginia calls for "massive resistance" and promises to close schools rather than desegregate.
1957 - Nine Black students are escorted to Central High School in Little Rock, AR, by National Guard Troops.
1958 - The NAACP wins a Supreme Court ruling barring the Governor of Arkansas from interfering with integration in Little Rock.
1959 - Prince Edward County, VA, closes its public schools.
Twenty-five thousand youth mark in Washington, DC, in support of integration.
1960 - Ruby Bridges is protected by federal marshals in New Orleans as she enrolls in school.
1961 - University of Georgia admits it first African American students, Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter. Riots broke out.
1962 - The University of Mississippi admits its first African American student James Meredith, and more than 2,000 Whites riot.
1963 - Two African American students register at the University of Alabama after president Kennedy federalizes the Alabama National Guard.
1964 - The Civil Rights Act is passed by Congress. It bans discrimination in Prince Edward County is is ordered to reopen its schools.
1965 - Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. leads a 5-day march for voting rights from Selma, AL, to Montgomery, AL.
Congress passes the Voting Rights Act.
1967 - Thurgood Marshall becomes the first African American Supreme Court Justice.
1969 - The Supreme Court orders Mississippi schools desegregated immediately.
1971 - The Supreme Court upholds busing, magnet schools, compensatory eduatin, and other remedies to facilitate desegregation of public schools.