Highlights the principal that race is a social and legal construction. "Seperate but equal"
What is Plesssy v. Ferguson
100
The U.S. Supreme Courts decision on the case of Plessy v. Ferguson took place in this year
What is 1895
100
This person helped end segregation on public transport
Who is Rosa Parks
100
In the school year 1991-92 schools with a minority population of 50-100% had this percentage of black students attending
What is 66%
100
This Act denies federal funding to institutions that practice discrimination.
What is Civil Rights Act
200
School segregation in declared unconstitutional
Brown v. Board of Education
200
This is the year of the desegregation decision of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
What is 1954
200
This person arranged 125,000 people to march in a "Freedom Walk"
Who is Martin Luther King
200
This is the percentage of blacks in majority white schools in 1960
What is .1%
200
This act guaranteed equal educational opportunity for all children with disabilities.
What is The Education for All Handicapped Children Act
300
This case focuses on the legal right to an education for children with disabilities.
What is Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
300
This is the year the highest percentage of blacks attendend schools with a white majority population
What is 1988
300
one of the first black Americans to go to an all-white school.
Who is Ruby Bridges
300
In the 2003-04 school year the average white student attended schools that had this % of white population
What is 78%
300
This act states that no person can be excluded from participation in any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.
What is the Higher Education Act
400
In this court case, Judge Gerry said "Inclusion is a right, not a privilege for a select few."
What is Oberti v. Board of education of the Borough of Clementon School District
400
This is the year that the Oberti v. Board of Education was made
What is 1992
400
He was the attorney for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and fought in the Brown v. Board of Edcutaion decision
Who is Thurgood Marshall
400
This is the change in percent of Native Americans attending a school with 50-100% minority population in the school year 1991-92
What is 9%
400
Under this act students with disabilities were required to be included in the state testing systems
What is No Child Left Behind Act
500
In this court case the court stated that racial segregation was the result of purposeful action by the school districts.
What is Oliver v. Michigan State Board of Education
500
The year when the second highest percentage of blacks attended majority white schools
What is 1986
500
gave the speech "We shall overcome"
Who is Lyndon B Johnson
500
This is the percentage of a schools population that is Native American where an average Native American students attended in the school year 2003-04. Schools in which the average Native American attended in 2003-04, this is the percentage of the Native American population
What is 35%
500
This act bans all forms of discrimination against the disabled