Brown V. Board of Education

Brown v. Board of Education
1954

​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1siiQelPHbQ&t=57s

​Intro to Brown V Board of Education

​Charles Thompson in his first day of integrated school

• ​This did not represent the whole story, while some schools and students were happy about this decision, many were not.

• African American students received threats and were not welcome in their new schools.

• Tension mounted

• ​President Eisenhower asked for military assistance

• Soldiers from National Guard escorted students to campus

• Students finished school year and that ended the crisis for the Little Rock Nine

• Eisenhower went against the Southern Governors who tried to keep Segregation in schools.

​Eisenhower's Response

​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZVDBDzQoBE

​Integration Scene: Remember the Titans

• ​Virginia-1971-Schools forced to integrate

• Football program integrated

• Head Coach of school who was white was replaced by a black coach from other school

• Students rebelled

• Students were forced to get to know another person of another race and started to become friendly

• The school year started and reality hit.

​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiqdA1B3_Nc

Multiple Choice

What famous phrase came out of the Plessy V Ferguson Supreme Court case?

(This set the precedent for segregation)

• "Separate but equal"
• "Give me liberty or give me death."
• "May the force be with you."
• "I'll be back."

Multiple Choice

Brown v. Board specifically ordered the integration of

• Public schools
• Buses
• The military
• Fire departments

Multiple Choice

The case Brown v. Board of Education was famous because the court ruled that it is illegal to...

• Segregate schools

• Allow children to attend white schools

• Allow children to work on schools

• Keep schools equal

Multiple Choice

What amendment was being violated when black students were not allowed to attend white schools?

• 2nd Amendment

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 16th Amendment