History USA: The struggle for education.

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History USA Struggle for Education: Summarise the Brown V Topeka case
1952, father took the Topeka board of education to court as his child had to walk 20 blocks when there was a school a few away. With help of NAACP they lost th case but NAACP took the case to Supreme Court and succeeded.
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What did the Supreme Court rule?
In May 1954 the Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in public schools went against the US constitution
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What evidence did Thurgood Marshall supply the Supreme Court with?
Separate education caused low self esteem and were psychologically harmful
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What happened as a result of this ruling?
Some areas began to desegregate
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What happened by 1957?
More than 300,000 black children were attending schools which had formally been segregated.
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What did the Supreme Court not have the power to do?
Impose the ruling and due to this many southern states continued to ignore the ruling.
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How many black children still attended Jim Crow schools?
2.4 million.
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What happened over the next 2 years?
Southern state legislators passed more than 450 laws and resolutions to prevent the decision from being enforced.
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What did some people sign in order to avoid desegregation of schools?
Southern manifesto, it opposed racial integration in schools. More than 100 senators and congress men signed it.
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Little Rock High: Summarise Little Rock High
Little Rock allowed 9 black students
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In May 1954 the Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in public schools went against the US constitution

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