Facts
Misc.
People
100
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
What is NAACP
100
The admendment that was broken in the case
What is 14th admendment
100
He was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court in the case Brown v. Board of Education.
Who is Thurgood Marshall
200
Argued that segregated schools are not equal and cannot be made equal.
What is Plaintiffs
200
City and state where the case was held
What is Topeka, Kansas
200
Who was the African American third-grader whose father has sued the school system in Topeka, Kansas.
Who is Linda Brown
300
Wrote that a quality education was crucial for all children and ruled that it was the state's responsibility to ensure educational equality.
What is The Unanimous Court (9-0)
300
In what year did the parents of black students try to enroll them in the local "white schools."
What is 1950
300
The person who sued the school system for discriminating against black students in violation of the 14th admendment.
Who is Oliver Brown
400
Provided the testimony of more than 30 social scientists affirming the harmful effects of segregation on blacks and whites.
What is The NAACP Legal Defense Fund
400
The state courts referred to what case which allowed separate but equal school systems for black and white children.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson
400
Chief Justice
Who is Earl Warren
500
What date did the Supreme Court announce the end of public segregation in schools in the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka case.
What is May 17, 1954
500
Name three of the five cases heard by the U.S Supreme court concerning the issue of segregation in public schools.
What is Brown v. Board of Education of Topkea, Briggs v. Elliot, Davis v. Board of Education of Prince Edward County (VA.), Boiling v. Sharpe, and Gebhart v. Ethel
500
Who were the attorney's?
Who are Thurgood Marshall, Robert Carter, Jack Greenberg, Charles Bledsoe, Charles Scott, and John Scott
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