BREAKING BARRIERS

By: Nita Tunga, Brigit Carrigan, Jenny Lane, and Brett Davis

THE CASE OF THE CENTURY:

BROWN VS. BOARD

EDUCATIONNita Tunga

BROWN VS. BOARD OF EDUCATION BACKGROUND INFO Linda Brown, daughter of Oliver Brown,

was required to attend an African American school

The school was on the other side of town

However, there was a white school only seven blocks away

When her parents tried enrolling her in the white school, their request was denied

Her parents sued the Board of Education, which created the basis for Brown vs. Board of Education

THE CASE BACKGROUND INFO Five states were involved in the

Brown vs. Board of Education: Kansas (Oliver Brown was from here), Delaware, District of Columbia, South Carolina, and Virginia

The case occurred in 1954 Plessy vs. Ferguson, which was the

case of “separate but equal,” had set the stage for the Brown vs. Board of Education case

SEGREGATION Segregation is when African American

people could not attend the same schools as white people

White schools were better than African American schools

White schools would have more books in better condition

African American schools would be stuffy and cramped

THE CASE Oliver Brown sued the Board of

Education for denying his daughter the right to attend the white school close to his house

He was part of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)

NAACP was an organization that was trying to convince the Board of Education to improve black schools

THE OUTCOME In 1954, the Supreme Court ruled

segregation laws unconstitutional Segregation was said to violate the

Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution

Though Brown won the case, his victory only affected education rather than ending racism

The case led to the beginning of integration

ROSA PARKS BUS BOYCOTT

Brigit Carrigan

ROSA PARKS BUS BOYCOTT On December 1st, 1955, forty-two year

old seamstress Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat.

The Bus Boycott occurred in Montgomery, Alabama.

The bus driver asked her to give up her seat because a man walked on the bus, but she refused.

She was sitting towards the middle of the bus and he wanted her to move to the back.

ROSA PARKS BUS BOYCOTT She was arrested because she “violated

a city ordinance” and violated the “laws of segregation”.

This event was called the “Bus Boycott”. She and many other decided to not ride

to bus. Martin Luther King Jr. was the leader of

the Bus Boycott.

ROSA PARKS BUS BOYCOTT African-Americans were about 75% of

the total people riding the bus in Montgomery, Alabama.

The Bus Boycott lasted 382 days. Rosa led African-Americans to freedom

and equality.

THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON

Jenny Lane