BROWN VERSUS TOPEKA Flashcards
EVENTS THE RULING/JUDGEMENT OF THE SC THE IMPORTANCE OF THE RULING THE IMPACT-POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE
What spurred on the Brown versus the Board of Topeka case?
In 1951 the parents of Linda Brown applied for the elementary school in town Topeka because the school Linda attended was far from her home
Was Linda Brown’s application accepted?
Linda Brown’s application was rejected on the grounds of race
What happened after Linda Brown’s application was rejected?
Linda Brown’s parents with the help of the NAACP took the case to a local court, where it was rejected due to PVF, the NAACP then persuaded Linda Brown’s parents too take the case to the SC
What did the NAACP stand for?
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLOURED PEOPLE
Who were the NAACP lawyers led by?
The NAACP lawyers were led by THURGOOD MARSHALL
In the retrial of Brown versus the BOARD OF EDUCATION OF TOPEKA what did the NAACP argue?
The NAACP lawyers led by THURGOOD MARSHALL argued that separate schools were psychologically damaging to AA children regardless of equal facilities/funding
What was the SC ruling on the BVT case?
The SC ruled that school segregation was unconstitutional
When did the SC rule that school segregation was unconstitutional?
ON 17TH MAY 1954
What was the immediate effect of BVT?
It broke the legal precedent of PLESSY V FERGUSON schools HAD to desegregate
What was some limitations of the BVT case?
(LITTLE IMMEDIATE IMPACT)
The SC did not specify when school desegregation should happen so towns and cities in the DEEP SOUTH begun integration but it was a VERY SLOW PROCESS
Explain 1 negative impact of the BVT ruling
Black pupils found integration very difficult due to the amount of anger/bad feeling they and their families received,=their education suffered
ALSO
Black teachers lost their jobs,
Many black schools that provided a good education closed down,
Explain a second negative impact of the BVT ruling
EXTREME SEGREGATION=due to white flight
white people leaving from areas that had a large number of black residents
Explain 1 positive impact of BVT
The ruling provided A NEW legal precedent=
Therefore leading to many more LEGAL CAMPAIGNS for desegregation
Explain a 2nd positive impact of BVT
it brought an increased awareness of civil rights
