Fun Facts
Which Court Case took place in Topeka, Kansas?
Brown v. Board of Education
Who were blacks mostly discriminated by?
Whites
Where was the Court Case Briggs v.Elliot?
South Carolina.
What year did Thurgood Marshall discover the Legal Defense and Education Fund of the NAACP?
1940
What was another name for Jim Crow?
Black Codes
When did blacks start demanding better lives?
1930’s-1960’s
What did this Supreme Court case decide, and how did it change schools in America?
It changed schools in America by allowing all races to go to the same school and learn together while having equal quality education.
What year was the COurt case Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County?
1951
What field did Thurgood and the NAACP collect evidence of discrimination?(Sports or academics or extra activities)
Academics.
What does segregation mean?
Setting someone or something apart from each other.
1940
How did Jim Crow affect blacks lives?
Jim Crow, a organization that took away black customs, made laws, and rules.
Where was the court case of Boiling v. Sharpe?
Washington D.C.
What year did Houston step down from the NAACP?
1938
What was Jim Crow?
An organization that was opposed to blacks and made rules, laws, and customs just for blacks. Also made up names.
When did segregation start?
1885
What would your future most likely look like if you were black back in these days.
Not great and wouldn’t have a fair chance at a bright future.
January 28, 1952
Why did Houston step down from the NAACP?
To work as a lawyer for himself or to start a firm.
Which amendments did Jim Crow laws take away right from black people from?
13th-15th
Who was head of the NAACP before Thurgood Marshall?
Charles Hamilton Houston
Why were whites still mad at black after the civil war?
Because they still wanted them to be slaves and they are mad that slavery is illegal.
When and where was the Supreme Court Case of Brown v. Board of Education?
May 17, 1954 Topeka, Kansas
Who Were the two people that collected evidence of discrimination against blacks?
Charles Hamilton Houston and Thurgood Marshall
What does NAACP mean?
The NAACP is a civil rights movement organization for the political, social, and economic equality of people.