Free Response Presseion Of Civil Rights (cases)

Question 1

Decision of plessy vs Ferguson and rationale

Answer 1

Black citizen was arrested for sitting in an All white train car
Supreme Court ruled separate but equal facilities were constitutional

Question 2

Brown vs. Board of Education Topeka with efforts being led to overturn the precedent of Plessy vs. Ferguson

Answer 2

NAACP lead efforts to overturn racial segregation for better facilities for black citizens

Question 3

Back ground info in brown vs board of education

Answer 3

several black families tried to enroll there kids in all white schools closer to there home

Question 4

Question Supreme Court has to decide

Answer 4

Is racial segregation in public schools constitutional

Question 5

Ruling in brown vs board of education

Answer 5

In a unanimous vote Supreme Court ruled under equal protection clause 14th amendment segregation is public schools is unconstitutional overturning separate but equal due to negative affects on black students