Brown v Board of Education

Question 1

Where was the Brown v Board of Education?

Answer 1

Topeka, Kansas

Question 2

When was the Brown v Board of Education?

Answer 2

1954

Question 3

What started it?

Answer 3

National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People brought a case against the Board of Education in Topeka, Kansas

Question 4

Why was a court case brought against the Board of Education in Topeka, Kansas?

Answer 4

A girl called Linda Brown wasn’t allowed to attend her white-only school which was nearby
The National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People wanted to see if the Supreme Court would rule against segregation
It was a test case

Question 5

Who ruled segregated education was not equal? When?

Answer 5

Chief Justice Earl Warren

May 1964

Question 6

What did Chief Justice Earl Warren rule?

Answer 6

Segregated education was not equal

He ordered all Southern States to open integrated schools “with all deliberate speed”