Brown v. Board of Education

What is this book about?

• A lawyer who would not help a family

• People that fought for equal rights in schools.

• Trying to keep schools segregated

• One room schoolhouses long ago

What is the setting of the story?

• in Topeka, Kansas

• in the north

• in Ohio

• in Washington, D.C

In 1950, why did Linda Brown have to walk a long way to school?

• She did not like the school by her house.

• It was the closest school to where she lived.

• Black children were not allowed to go to school with white children.

• She could not ride the bus.

How did Oliver Brown respond to unjust laws?

• He took her to a white school close by but she was turned away.

• He moved far away.

• He did not let her go to school anymore.

• He gave up because the laws would not change.

Who was Thurgood Marshall?

• a teacher at the school

• a lawyer who helped the Browns

• a person on the school board

• a neighbor of the Browns

What did the court say about segregation?

• Schools should stay segregated.

• They would make two equal schools.

• They would give buses so kids would not have to walk so far.

• Black and white children could go to school together.

Why was the new law a win for justice?

• It made more schools.

• It said keeping black and white children apart was unequal.

• It kept schools segregated.

• Marshall won his first case.

Why was the case called Brown v. Board of education?

• In abc order, Brown was the first name in the case.

• Brown is a color.

• Linda was the first to complain.

• Marshall chose the name for the case.

What does the word "unjust" mean?

• right or fair

• not afraid

• does not fit

• not fair

In the story, the Browns took "action". That means...

• they did not want to try

• they gave up

• they waited around

• they did something