BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION

OTHER EVENTS THAT OCCURED DURING THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

• 1950- Korean War starts
• 1953- Color T.V. Is introduced
• 1959- Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho is released
• 1962- Cuban Missile Crisis

TIMELINE

• 1896- Plessy V. Ferguson rules separate IS equal
• 1910- NAACP is formed
• 1920- 19th amendment gives women right to vote
• 1941- President Roosevelt issues anti-discrimination Executive Order
• 1954- Brown V. Board of Education rules Seperate is not equal

PLESSY V. FERGUSON

SUMMARY

• Homer Plessy
• Broke Jim Crowe law
• Challenged constitutionality
• Lost

FINAL DECISION

• 7-1
• Justice Harlan
• Seperate IS equal

1896-1954

• Racisim is at it's height

BROWN V. BOARD

SUMMARY

• Wanted to go to closer school
• Wasnt allowed to
• Went to court
• Ruled seperate IS NOT equal

FINAL DECISION

• 9-0 decision
• Denied 14th amendment rights
• Segregation is upheld

THURGOOD MARSHALL

BIOGRAPHY

• Born in Baltimore, July 2nd, 1908
• Died on January 24th, 1993
• Went to Howard Law school
• Help win many civil rights cases
• First African-American Supreme Court Justice