What was the impact of Brown v Topeka Board of
Education?
Find out about the Plessy v Ferguson case in 1892.
Read and consider the 14th Amendment to
the US Constitution.
What was the case of Brown v Topeka and what was its impact?
Here are some opinions. Do you agree with
any of them? What is your evidence and where did you find it?
"The Brown case was very important
because it showed African Americans that the law of the USA was on their
side."
"Brown v Topeka was only a small
step in a long struggle."
"Little Rock showed how important
the Brown judgment was."
"Little Rock showed how little was
changed by Brown."
"Brown gave people hope.
Integration couldn't have been achieved without it."
"The Supreme Court didn't end
segregation. That was achieved by the people's protests."
Plessy v Ferguson
Brown v Topeka
Little Rock High School
Facing
History - Choices in Little Rock. This document contains lots of useful
sources, including extracts from the autobiographies of some of the Little Rock
Nine (page 105 onwards), the telegrams between President Eisenhower, Governor
Faubus and the Little Rock Nine (page 78 onwards), posters opposing integration
(pages 142-143), various views about the long term impact of Little Rock (page
151 onwards) and many different views in answer to the
question 'Did the Brown decision make a difference? (pages
160-162)
The
story of Little Rock High School 1957 from
Eyes on the Prize 1987
The importance of Little Rock according to Iliffe College in the USA
Terrence Roberts, one of the
Little Rock 9, talking about his experiences and what they taught him.
News
report on a battle over segregated schools 20 years after Brown.
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