Do Now 1)What was Jim Crow? 2) What does "separate but equal" mean?

10.1- School Desegregation

Segregated Schools In most cases, segregated schools for black students were far inferior to the schools for white students. States spent less money on black schools than white schools. Many civil rights activists fought against segregated schools.

Sweatt v Painter Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP argued against in the Supreme Court against segregated schools. The court ruled that the University of Texas black law school was inferior to its white law school. This forced the nations graduate and professional schools to integrate Integrate- to bring together people of different races

Brown v Board of Education Challenged whether segregated schools were constitutional the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the “separate but equal” doctrine in the nations’ public schools was unconstitutional and illegal.

Famous Court Cases challenging segregation in schools

Independent Practice 1) Read the info on “Brown v Board of Education”. 2) Answer the text-dependent questions 3)

Civil Rights Quarter 4 Project Interview someone who lived through the Civil Rights Movement and someone who lived through the anti-apartheid movement. Type the interview. Due May 16 th !

Homework Civil Rights interview project

Exit Ticket 1) What was Brown v. Board of Education? 2) What was the ruling in this court case?