Supreme Court
The Supreme Court Ruled in this case that "separate but equal" facilities for blacks and whites were constitutional
What is Pleassy 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, AK
This term means "separation of the races"
What is segregation
He was the lawyer who presented the Brown case to the Supreme Court
Who is Thurgood Marshall
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Footsteps.
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 the University of Mississippi
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 Tokepa
Who is Earl Warren
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter "m"
When the Supreme Court ordered all public schools to end segregation, over 100 members of this lawmaking body reacted in protest
What is the 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
What is more useful when it's broken?
An egg
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 the University of Alabama
The transporting of black and white students to achieve integration within school districts is known by this term
What is busing
She was denied admission to the school located closest to where she lived.
Who is Linda Brown
What runs around the whole yard without moving?
A fence.
This Supreme Court case outlawed segregation in schools
What is Brown vs. Board of Education?
The date Brown v. Board of Education was decided.
What is May 17, 1954.
This Constitutional Amendment guaranteed the rights of citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States
What is the 14th Amendment?
Accused the Board of Education of violating this amendment.
Oliver Brown
I am full of holes but i can still hold water. What am I?
A sponge