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IWBAT analyze court cases involving segregation. Homer Plessy. Homer Plessy. 7/8 White 1/8 African Bought a first class ticket and sat in the whites only car Was arrested for breaking the law. Plessy v. Ferguson 1896. Separate but Equal is legal. Brown v. Board of Education 1954.
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Homer Plessy • 7/8 White • 1/8 African • Bought a first class ticket and sat in the whites only car • Was arrested for breaking the law
Plessy v. Ferguson1896 • Separate but Equal is legal
Brown v. Board of Education1954 • “Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal."
Case Name • Facts • Decision
Briggs v Elliott [South Carolina], • Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka [Kansas], • Gebhartv. Belton [Delaware]; • Davis v. School Board of Prince Edward County [Virginia]; • Bollingv. Sharpe [District of Columbia].
What do you think school would be like if separate but equal were still in place? • How does change like this compare to violent change?