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Civil Disobedience

Civil Disobedience: the nonviolent protest of something seen as unjust

Civil Disobedience: the nonviolent protest of something seen as unjust Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.

Civil Disobedience: the nonviolent protest of something seen as unjust

24th Amendment (1964)

24th Amendment (1964): outlawed the Poll Tax Caption: Here’s another one for you! No votes for women

Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

Brown v. Board of Education (1954): Remember: Since, 1896 "seperate but equal" was legal policy

Brown v. Board of Education (1954): By 1954, 16 states had outlawed separate schools, but another 17 states required it

Brown v. Board of Education (1954): Kansas allowed the district to chose

Brown v. Board of Education (1954): In Topeka, that meant segregation

Brown v. Board of Education (1954): urged members of the black community to enroll their children in the white school

Brown v. Board of Education (1954): those citizens were already living in an integrated community and had white friends

Brown v. Board of Education (1954): The local school was 4 blocks away from the home of third grader Linda Brown

Brown v. Board of Education (1954): The bus stop for the black school was 5 blocks away and the bus ride was a few miles

Brown v. Board of Education (1954): when Linda Brown's parents and thirteen other families attempted to enroll they were told they had to attend the black school

Brown v. Board of Education (1954): filed a lawsuit on behalf of the thirteen families

Brown v. Board of Education (1954): the basic issue at hand was one of convenience, not equal facilities

Brown v. Board of Education (1954): Eventually, the case reached the Supreme Court where it was combined with three others Briggs v. Elliott (filed in South Carolina) Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County (filed in Virginia) Gebhart v. Belton (filed in Delaware)

Brown v. Board of Education (1954): The basic question then became: Is separate but equal really equal?

Brown v. Board of Education (1954): Or... = does this this

Brown v. Board of Education (1954): Future Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, along with a team of lawyers, argued the case for the NAACP

Brown v. Board of Education (1954): Paul Wilson, a relatively young and inexperienced attorney argued the case on behalf of Kansas

Brown v. Board of Education (1954): Ultimately, the NAACP was successful and the doctrine of separate but equal in the schools, and only in the schools, was stricken down… Brown v. Board led the way to other integration legislation

Brown v. Board of Education (1954): Chief Justice Earl Warren To separate children solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone.

Brown v. Board of Education (1954):

Brown v. Board of Education (1954): Supreme Court decision outlawing public school segregation

Brown v. Board of Education (1954): 96 Southern Democrats got together under the leadership of Strom Thurmond (D - South Carolina) and signed a document known as the Southern Manifesto… You guys should really read the stuff we are pushing…

Brown v. Board of Education (1954): There was little resistance to integration in Topeka, but that was not the case everywhere...

Brown v. Board of Education (1954): and some people would argue that there is still school segregation today

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