IWBAT analyze court cases involving
segregation
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], Gebhart v. Belton [Delaware]; Davis v. School Board of Prince Edward
County [Virginia]; Bolling v. 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?