Brown vs.The Board of

Education

Brown vs.The Board of

EducationDave Baniszewski

Mike BryantHelen Reyes

David RutledgeEDUC 845

Liberty University

Dave BaniszewskiMike BryantHelen Reyes

David RutledgeEDUC 845

Liberty University

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The escalation of segregation in the South began immediately after the Civil War.

The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, along with the two Civil Rights Acts of 1866 and 1875 and the various Enforcements Acts of the early 1870s, curtailed the ability of southern whites to formally deprive blacks of their civil rights.

Rutherford B. Hayes

The decade of the 1880s was characterized by mob lynching‘s and a vicious system of convict prison farms and chain gains

In 1890 Louisiana passes the infamous Jim Crow law mandating separate but equal accommodations for blacks and whites

By 1910, every state of the former Confederacy had adopted laws that segregated all aspects of life wherein blacks and whites might socially mingle or come into contact.

Impoverished and often illiterate southern blacks were in a weak position in the 1890s for confronting the racist culture of Jim Crow.

The Land mark Supreme Court's in 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson

W.E.B. Du Bois

By 1905, the issue of how to most effectively deal with Jim Crow came to a head in the debate between the followers of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois.

In the 1930s, the NAACP, began to focus more of its attention on a campaign to challenge segregation

Walter White

Segregation in EducationSegregation in Education

After the Civil War, the southern states scrambled to recover and keep the public school system alive. Ultimately this effort created a dual educational system based on race.

Schools were anything but equal

Case Name: Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896)

Plaintiffs: Homer Plessy Defendants: John H. Ferguson, judge of the criminal District Court for the parish of OrleansLocation: New Orleans, Louisiana Year : Argued: April 13, 1896 Decided: May 18, 1896

Case Name: Cumming v. Board of Education of Richmond County, 175 U.S. 528 (1899)

Plaintiffs: Cumming, Harper and Ladeveze Defendants: The Board of Education of Richmond County and Charles S. Bohler, tax collector.Location: Richmond County GeorgiaYear: Argued: October 30, 1899 Decided: December 18, 1899

Case Name: Gong Lum v. Rice, 275 U.S. 78 (1927)

Plaintiffs: Gong Lum and Martha LumDefendants: Superintendent of Education of the State of MississippiLocation: MississippiYear: Argued: October 12, 1927 Decided: November 21, 1927 196

Case Name: State of Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada, 305 U.S. 337 (1938)

Plaintiffs: Lloyd GainesDefendants: CANADA, REGISTRAR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURILocation: MissouriYear: Argued: November 9, 1938 Decided: December 12, 1938

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, KansasBrown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas

• Argued: Dec. 8, 1952• Reargued: Dec. 7, 1953• Decided: May 17, 1954

• Key Players– Thurgood Marshall

– Rev. Oliver Brown

– Linda Brown

– Chief Justice Earl Warren

• Argued: Dec. 8, 1952• Reargued: Dec. 7, 1953• Decided: May 17, 1954

• Key Players– Thurgood Marshall

– Rev. Oliver Brown

– Linda Brown

– Chief Justice Earl Warren

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, KansasBrown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas

Several Cases Were Combined into One

• Delaware – Belton v Gebhart• Kansas – Brown v Board of Education• South Carolina – Briggs v Elliot• Virginia – Davis v County School Board of Prince

Edward County• Washington, DC – Bolling v Melvin Sharpe

Several Cases Were Combined into One

• Delaware – Belton v Gebhart• Kansas – Brown v Board of Education• South Carolina – Briggs v Elliot• Virginia – Davis v County School Board of Prince

Edward County• Washington, DC – Bolling v Melvin Sharpe

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, KansasBrown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas

“Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.”

“Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.”

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, KansasThe Issue

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, KansasThe Issue

• Schools approached equality in terms of buildings, curricula, qualifications, and teacher salaries.

• Nevertheless, despite

“equality” of objective factors, intangible issues foster and maintain inequality.

• Schools approached equality in terms of buildings, curricula, qualifications, and teacher salaries.

• Nevertheless, despite

“equality” of objective factors, intangible issues foster and maintain inequality.

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, KansasBrown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas

• This case was not simply about children and education.

• This new law had far reaching social and ideological implications that continue to be felt throughout the nation and the world.

• The struggle for Human Rights throughout the world can trace its roots back to this case.

• Reinforced the supremacy of the power of the people in protecting natural rights from arbitrary limitations imposed by governments.

• This case was not simply about children and education.

• This new law had far reaching social and ideological implications that continue to be felt throughout the nation and the world.

• The struggle for Human Rights throughout the world can trace its roots back to this case.

• Reinforced the supremacy of the power of the people in protecting natural rights from arbitrary limitations imposed by governments.

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas

• The case did not abolish segregation in other public areas, such as restaurants and restrooms, nor did it place a time frame for implementation of the law.

• Other pioneers would take up the torch of freedom and carry on the challenge.

• The case did not abolish segregation in other public areas, such as restaurants and restrooms, nor did it place a time frame for implementation of the law.

• Other pioneers would take up the torch of freedom and carry on the challenge.

1960’s 1960’s

Greensboro FourGreensboro Four

Freedom RidersFreedom Riders

Segregation ForeverSegregation Forever

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Bloody SundayBloody Sunday

NOW & Poll Tax LawsNOW & Poll Tax Laws

Justice & InjusticeJustice & Injustice

Court Cases & LegislationCourt Cases & Legislation

• March Griggs v. Duke Power Company

• Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenberg Board of Education

• Palmer v. Thompson

• ERA

• Title IX Education Amendments

• March Griggs v. Duke Power Company

• Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenberg Board of Education

• Palmer v. Thompson

• ERA

• Title IX Education Amendments

Court CasesCourt Cases

• San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez

• State Constitutional Challenges

• Public School Race Riots

• Education for All Handicapped Children Act

• San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez

• State Constitutional Challenges

• Public School Race Riots

• Education for All Handicapped Children Act

Court CasesCourt Cases

• Affirmative Action

• Brown III

• Affirmative Action

• Brown III

Reagan AdministrationReagan Administration

• Emergency School Aid Act

• Los Angeles

• Segregation

• Desegregation

• Segregation Again

• Emergency School Aid Act

• Los Angeles

• Segregation

• Desegregation

• Segregation Again

Race & GenderRace & Gender

19881988

• Desegregation’s High Water Mark• Desegregation’s High Water Mark

Board of Education v. Dowell – 1991

Board of Education v. Dowell – 1991

• The Slide Begins• The Slide Begins

Reality vs. Assumptions Reality vs. Assumptions

Survey Says…..Survey Says…..

• Don’t Do as I Do, Do As I Say• Don’t Do as I Do, Do As I Say

Segregated? Not in My Neighborhood!

Segregated? Not in My Neighborhood!

• Where Segregation & Integration Occur• Where Segregation & Integration Occur

School Segregation: Current Trends Regular Public School Enrollments by Race/Ethnicity and Region, 2000 - 2001

Region Total Enrollment % White % Black

% Latino

% Asian Pacific % Indian Alaskan

South 14,361,152 53.6 27.4 16.5 2.1 0.4

Border 3,478,610 71.0 20.6 3.3 1.9 3.3

Northeast 8,227,746 67.4 15.5 12.4 4.4 0.3

Midwest 9,837,237 76.3 14.4 6.0 2.3 0.9

West 10,785,326 50.5 6.6 33.0 7.8 2.1

Alaska 133,356 61.5 4.6 3.4 5.5 25.0

Hawaii 184,360 20.4 2.3 4.5 72.3 0.4

Bureau of Indian Affairs Schools 46,938 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0

U.S. Total 47,054,725 61.2 17.1 16.3 4.1 1.3

Reprinted with permission from the Civil Rights Project, Harvard University

The Affect of Shifting Demographics

The Affect of Shifting Demographics

School Segregation: Current Trends Racial Composition of Schools Attended by the Average

Student of Each Race, 2001 - 2001

Signs of Hope?Signs of Hope?

• Grutter v. Bollinger• Grutter v. Bollinger

Thirty Years and Counting….Thirty Years and Counting….

Segregation is evil because it scars the soul of both the segregated and the segregator…. It gives the segregated a false sense of inferiority and it gives the segregator a false sense of superiority. …It does something to the soul….this is why segregation is utterly evil and utterly un-Christian. It substitutes an "I/It" relationship for the "I/Thou" relationship.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Segregation is evil because it scars the soul of both the segregated and the segregator…. It gives the segregated a false sense of inferiority and it gives the segregator a false sense of superiority. …It does something to the soul….this is why segregation is utterly evil and utterly un-Christian. It substitutes an "I/It" relationship for the "I/Thou" relationship.

Martin Luther King Jr.