 | The Supreme Court ruled in this case that
“separate but equal” facilities for blacks and whites were
constitutional.
| This was the number of justices that voted
for the Topeka Board of Education.
| When the Supreme Court ordered all public
schools to end segregation, over 100 members of this lawmaking body
reacted in protest.
| The Supreme Court overturned Plessy v.
Ferguson, thereby rejecting this “separate but equal” doctrine.
Places
| Nine black students were at first denied
the right to enroll at an all-white high school in this Arkansas city.
| President John F. Kennedy sent troops and
federal marshals to ensure that James Meredith could attend this school.
| The public schools in this Virginia county
were closed to avoid integration.
| Governor George Wallace “stood in the
schoolhouse door” to try to prevent the integration of this university.
Words and Terms
| This term means “separation of the
races.”
| Segregation existed for a long time in
transportation, education, _____, and recreation.
| This term means “mixing of the races,”
as in public schools.
| The transporting of black and white
students to achieve integration within school districts is known by this
term.
People
| He was the lawyer who presented the Brown
case to the Supreme Court.
| He was the Chief Justice who wrote the
court opinion in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.
| He used paratroopers to help integrate
Central High School.
| She was denied admission to the school
located closest to where she lived.
Miscellaneous
| School districts taking all practical steps
to eliminate segregation could end busing, according to this Supreme Court
case.
| This section of the country was slow to
accept desegregation.
| This organization helps people who face
discrimination.
| Oliver Brown accused the Board of Education
of Topeka of violating the equal protection clause of this Constitutional
amendment.
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