Brown v. Board: Five Communities That Changed America

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Subject:

Humanities, Social Sciences

Institution Name:

Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP)

Collection:

National Park Service

Grade Level:

Primary, Secondary

Abstract:

describes five cases the Supreme Court agreed to hear in 1952 under one title: Brown v. Board of Education. The cases originated in Delaware, Kansas, South Carolina, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. Each contested the separate but equal doctrine of the Court's 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson decision, which by the 1950s had resulted in 17 states requiring racial segregation in public schools and 4 states allowing it.

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Learning Module

Languages:

English

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Activities and Labs, Lesson Plans, Readings

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Graphics/Photos, Text/HTML

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