Cyber-Road To Civil Rights by Karen S. Becker-Marcelo JHS 149 District 7 Bronx, NY

Indiana Kentucky Tennessee Mississippi Alabama Georgia Florida South Carolina North Carolina Virginia West Virginia Ohio Pennsylvania New York New Jersey Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island Delaware Maryland Alaska Throughout it’s history, the United States has followed a road to Civil Rights. But it has not always been an easy path.

YOU WILL EXAMINE 3 SUPREME COURT CASES THAT SPAN 200 YEARS OF AMERICAN HISTORY. YOU WILL COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE RESULTS AND SOCIAL ASPECTS OF EACH CASE.

Finally, upon studying these cases and the history that led up to them, you will conclude why different results were achieved in different times in History

The issue of slavery, in the 1800’s, caused tensions to rise in the US and eventually led to the polarization of our country.

Dred Scott, a slave, had been taken to free land. Missouri was considered a free state as part of the Missouri Compromise of The first battles took place in Congress and the Courts.

The Supreme Court stated that Dred Scott was a slave, the property of his master. Therefore, he was not a US citizen and did not have the right to sue his master. The Supreme Court decision also made the Missouri Compromise invalid.

Brown v Topeka Board of Education 1954 “Separate but Unequal” The Supreme Court announced that separate educational facilities were unequal. This led to the dissolving of segregation laws in the US.

These are just a few photographs taken during the Civil Rights Movement during the 1950’s and 1960’s. *** As you do your research, you will discover how the 3 Supreme Court cases led up to our countries Civil Rights Movement and our continuing struggle for equality.