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How many constitutional amendments were passed after the end of the Reconstruction era?
3
How many black legislators were in the Louisiana state assembly when the law was passed?
16
How many different people went to court to try to get school desegregated?
5
What was the ruling for Brown v The Board of Education?
9-0
What was the name of the law a group of concerned young black men formed a “Citizens’ Committee” about?
Separate Car Law
What was the penalty for not sitting in the appropriate seating areas?
$25 fine or 20 day jail sentence
What state passed a law that required railroads to furnish separate railroad accommodations for each race?
Florida
Who were permitted to ride in white compartments on trains?
Black Nurses attending white children
What day did the test case take place on?
June 7, 1892
What percent of African Americans was Homer Plessy?
1/8
What year did Cleveland, MS integrate their schools?
2016
What did the 13th Amendment do?
Abolish/End Slavery
What did the ruling of Plessy v Ferguson
Legalized Segregation which led to Jim Crow laws
Where was Oliver Brown from?
Topeka, Kansas
What is the purpose of the 14th amendment?
Promised all american equal protection
Who was the Brown’s family lawyer, who went on to become the first African-American Supreme Court Justice?
Thurgood Marshall
How long did the Supreme Court give school to desegregate?
There was no set time