Brown V Board

Context

100

This city is where Linda Brown lived, and was denied access to a white school

Topeka, Kansas

200

This supreme court case established "separate, but equal"

plessy v fergeson

300

This organization supported brown's case and helped challenge segregation all together

NAACP

400

this lawyer argued that segregation itself was unconstitutional

Thurgood Marshall

500

this legal process allowed the supreme court to hear the case

Writ of certiorari

Big Idea

100

This amendments "equal protection" clause was central to this case

14th amendment

200

The supreme court ruled that this concept in education is inherently unequal

Segregation

300

This phrase from Plessy v fergson was rejected by Brown.

Seperate but equal

400

This was the main constitutional question in Brown v board

Does segregation in public schools violate the equal protection clause

500

This chief justice helped unify the court into a unanimous decision

Earl Warren

Impact on Society

100

This major movement was energized by the brown decicsion

Civil rights movement

200

After Brown, many  southern states did this instead of immediately desegregating

Resist or delay integration

300

this type government had had to force desegregation

Federal Goverment

400

Brown helped dismantle this system across society

What is Legal Segregation

500

Brown influences debates about this constitutional principal

Equality/Equal protetction

connection to other cases

100

This case focused on how to implement desegregation after brown

Swann v Charlotte-Mecklenburg

200

This method of desegregation was approved in swann

Busing

300

this case dealt with affirmative action and a white application challenging race based admissions

regents of UCal v. Bakke

400

Unlike Brown, Bakke ruled that race can be considered but this is not allowed

Strict Racial quotas

500

Both Brown and Swann rely  on this amendment to address racial inequality

14th Amendment