Many higher ranking white officials claimed that the black and white schools were equal but in reality they really were not. The difference in money spent on white schools versus blacks was baffling. Most whites knew that depriving children of an education was wrong‚ but a lot of times they would not do a thing about it because most of them did not care because they were a different skin color. In a lot of cases‚
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the future decisions in voting rights cases heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. In the case‚ Baker v Carr‚ the federal courts were granted the right to review reapportionment issues within a state‚ which influenced the supreme court to focus on more voting rights issues and established a precedent that affects future decisions made by the U.S. Supreme Court. Later on in U.S. history‚ in the case of Gray v Sanders‚ the Warren Court ruled that the election unit system of a county in a state can not violate
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Final Exam Summer 2013 Part II Essay Questions 56. What are Chinatowns like in cities across the U.S.? Describe these locations‚ including what populations are served and what‚ if any‚ inconsistencies are present. Chinatown historically has been a way station for working-class immigrants and immigrant entrepreneurs. A balanced economic development approach will stimulate growth while benefiting instead of displacing residents and local businesses. Such an approach also will
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by moving beyond America’s “racial stalemate” and addressing social problems‚ we can achieve “a more perfect union.” Examples supported by Obama bring in past evidence of racial discrimination heading to black anger (Jim Crow segregation‚ lower education for blacks‚ and limited employment opportunities) which he illuminates directly to Wright’s controversial comments. However‚ it has been decade‚ but‚ revealing the racial gap still
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Brown v. Board of Education (1954) School Segregation‚ Equal Protection The Brown case was the first in a long string of judgments that marked a more active role for the Supreme Court of the United States in American life. In Topeka‚ Kansas in the 1950s‚ schools were segregated by race. Each day‚ Linda Brown and her sister had to walk through a dangerous railroad switchyard to get to the bus stop for the ride to their all-black elementary school. There was a school closer to the Brown’s house
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Republican Party until 1932‚ they largely switched their allegiance from 1936 to the Democratic Party. Social: The consequence of the Plessy v Ferguson case was the proliferation of segregation across the South. The judges decided that segregation was lawful as long as black and white citizens had access to facilities that were equally good. Transport‚ education‚ all public facilities were segregated; even in death southern cemeteries provided segregation. Segregation in the south was also an attitude
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seven-man majority‚ Justice Henry Brown wrote: "A statute which implies merely a legal distinction between the white and colored races has no tendency to destroy the legal equality of the two races.” The Court ruled that‚ while the object of the Fourteenth Amendment was to create "absolute equality of the two races before the law‚" such equality extended only so far as political and civil rights (voting and serving on juries) not "social rights.” As Justice Henry Brown put it‚ "if one race be inferior
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persons born in the United States would be recognized as citizens. The movement was reignited with the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960‚ which resulted in the end of racial segregation and discrimination. Key events of the movement include Brown v. Board of Education in 1954‚ the March on Washington in 1963‚ the Civil Right Act of 1964‚ and several race riots to
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Is it necessary to challenge authority? Without question‚ it is vital to challenge the ideas and decisions of people in positions of authority. If one does not question authority‚ the people of the so called “no in positions of authority” would become mindless slaves to tyrants and despots. World history‚ literature‚ and American History all exemplify the necessity of questioning authority. During ancient Greece in the 200 BCE’s‚ modern logical thinking began to see its birth. The man known for
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Mothershed‚ Gloria Ray‚ Jefferson Thomas and Carlotta Walls Minnijean Brown. These African American students where considered the “Little Rock Nine” who changed history forever. They put their lives on the line for education and equal rights and set a mark for the civil rights movement. The US Supreme Court’s 1954 Board v Brown of Education ruled that segregation in school was unconstitutional. Brown tried to invalidate the Plessy v Ferguson case stating “separate but equal”. The court then tried to
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