1.2 Progress In Education Flashcards
What were the key features of Brown V Topeka
Brown had to travel a long way a way just so his daughter could go to school
NAACP took 5 cases all to court
They argued that separate was not equal in schools as the black children felt inferior
Pro segregation judge dies new judge in
Ruling was that life has changed since the plessy ruling, a good education is vital for the US to progress, black people felt inferior
Desegregation had to be dine with reletive speed
What were some immediate effects of Brown V Topeka
Reversed Plessy ruling
Sparked more civil Rights campaigns
Some South schools started to desegregate
What were the lomg term effects if Brown V Topeka
Puts constant pressure for schools to desegregate
Increase awareness on civil Right issues
Makes black people question if it is right to desegregate schools as it made life very dangerous for those in intergrated schools asnthere were white mobs and their houses would get destroyed
What happened at little Rock high school
9 students were meant to enroll into this school but their were huge protests and 250 state troops stopped the children from going in
What were the significance of the little Rock events
Publicity - massive amount of publicity made the US have a bad image
Presidential order - Eisenhower ordered for state troops to be removed and federal troops to replace them to help the black people get in and out of school safely
White Citerzen counsil grew - campaigned against desegregation
When was Brown V Topeka
1954
When was little Rock
1957
