Brown Vs Board Of Education

Question 0

In what year did the Supreme Court agree that the policy of ‘separate but equal’ had no place in schools?

Answer 0

1954

Question 1

Who took the issue of ‘separate but equal’ to the court?

Answer 1

Thurgood Marshall

Question 2

By the end of 1955 how many schools were desegregated?

Answer 2

Over 500 schools

Question 3

How did the Brown vs Board of Education challenge the Jim Crow laws?

Answer 3

All Jim Crow laws that relied on the principle of ‘separate but equal’ could now be questioned

Question 4

What did the success of the case mean for African American students?

Answer 4

They had access to better facilities and would not have to attended interstate colleges and universities

Question 5

Why were there backlashes in the south at this time? And what did it result in?

Answer 5

Because many of the first African American students were now attending colleges and it incited riots.

Question 6

How did some White Americans react to the courts ruling ?

Answer 6

Revival of white supremacist or hate groups.