Supreme Court
The Supreme Court ruled in this case that "separate but equal" facilities for blacks and whites were constitutional.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson
Nine black students were at first denied the right to enroll at an all-white high school in this Arkansas City.
What is Little Rock
This term means "separation of the races."
What is segregation
She was denied admission to the school located closest to where she lived.
Who is Linda Brown
This section of the country was slow to accept desegregation.
What is the South
This was the number of justices that voted for the Topeka Board of Education.
What is zero
President John F. Kennedy sent troops and federal marshals to ensure that James Meredith could attend this school.
What is University of Mississippi
The transporting of black and white students to achieve integration within school districts is known by this term.
What is busing.
He was the lawyer who presented the Brown case to the Supreme Court.
Who is Thurgood Marshall
This organization helps people who face discrimination.
What is the NAACP
When the Supreme Court ordered all public schools to end segregation, over 100 members of this lawmaking body reacted in protest.
What is Congress
The public schools in this Virginia county once closed to avoid integration.
What is Prince Edward County
This term means "mixing of the races," as in public schools.
What is integration
He used army paratroopers to help integrate Central High School.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower
Oliver Brown accused the Board of Education of Topeka of violating the equal protection clause of this amendment.
What is the 14th Amendment
This Supreme Court case overturned Plessy v. Ferguson, thereby rejecting the "separate but equal" doctrine.
What is Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Governor George Wallace "stood in the schoolhouse door" to try to prevent the integration of this university.
What is University of Alabama
Segregation existed for a long time in transportation, education, __________, and recreation.
What is housing.
He was the Chief Justice who wrote the court opinion in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Who is Earl Warren
School districts taking all practical steps to eliminate segregation could end busing, according to this Supreme Court case.
Who is Oklahoma City Board of Education