Brown V. Board of Education
“To what extent was the case of Brown v. Board of Education effective in the scope of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950-60s?”
Table of Contents
A. Plan of Investigation………………………………………………………………………………..….. 3
B. Summary of Evidence………………………………………………………………………………..… 3
C. Evaluation of Sources…………………………………………………………………………….…… 6
D. Analysis…………………………………………………………………………………………………. 7
E. Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………………………..…. 9
F. Works Cited…………………………………………………………………………………………... 10
A. Plan of Investigation
The case of Brown v. Board of Education is a crucial event in the history of the United States, but the question that many are attempting to answer is whether or not the case was so influential because of what it actually did accomplish, or what it intended to. In this investigation, I will research the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, which preceded this case and was the origin of ‘separated but equal’ which became the basis for segregation. Also, I will briefly discuss the other Jim Crow laws that dominated the South, so that a comparison can be made to the life of African Americans before and after the ruling of the case. Furthermore, I will research the aftermath of this case and other movements for equality. I plan to investigate the works of various historians on this topic, including the works of Richard Kluger and James Tackach.
Word Count: 149 B. Summary of Evidence
The conditions before the case of Brown v. Board of Education were very harsh on African Americans. The citizens and governments held a loose interpretation of the Civil War Amendments which were the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments. The Jim Crow Era was a time when laws were created to prevent African Americans from integrating with the white people and to make sure that they did not receive the same benefits. Some examples of this are Nathan Bedford Forrest and the Ku Klux Klan, poll taxes and Grandfather Clauses and Southern lawmakers denying the social rights and
Table of Contents
A. Plan of Investigation………………………………………………………………………………..….. 3
B. Summary of Evidence………………………………………………………………………………..… 3
C. Evaluation of Sources…………………………………………………………………………….…… 6
D. Analysis…………………………………………………………………………………………………. 7
E. Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………………………..…. 9
F. Works Cited…………………………………………………………………………………………... 10
A. Plan of Investigation
The case of Brown v. Board of Education is a crucial event in the history of the United States, but the question that many are attempting to answer is whether or not the case was so influential because of what it actually did accomplish, or what it intended to. In this investigation, I will research the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, which preceded this case and was the origin of ‘separated but equal’ which became the basis for segregation. Also, I will briefly discuss the other Jim Crow laws that dominated the South, so that a comparison can be made to the life of African Americans before and after the ruling of the case. Furthermore, I will research the aftermath of this case and other movements for equality. I plan to investigate the works of various historians on this topic, including the works of Richard Kluger and James Tackach.
Word Count: 149 B. Summary of Evidence
The conditions before the case of Brown v. Board of Education were very harsh on African Americans. The citizens and governments held a loose interpretation of the Civil War Amendments which were the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments. The Jim Crow Era was a time when laws were created to prevent African Americans from integrating with the white people and to make sure that they did not receive the same benefits. Some examples of this are Nathan Bedford Forrest and the Ku Klux Klan, poll taxes and Grandfather Clauses and Southern lawmakers denying the social rights and