The Civil Rights Movement- Education

Linda Brown- Brown v Topeka

• 1954, Kansas  
• Parents sent her to a whites only  elementary school. They wanted to challenge the inequality of blacks and whites
• In southern states, more than 450 laws were passed to prevent the Brown's decision from being enforced
• The Browns argued that blacks had inferior facilities
• It was eventually ordered that integrated schools should be set up 'with all deliberate speed'

Elizabeth Eckford and the Little Rock Nine

• 1957, Arkansas
• 9 black students wanted to attend a whites only high school
• These black students were mocked when entering their first day at Little Rock High School and it…