Thursday, April 16, 2020

Brown v. Board of Education/Emmett Till

Greetings scholars!
Here are your two tasks for today:

1) First, you'll be reading the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education opinion. Prior to this, Plessy v. Ferguson was the leading case interpreting the 14th Amendment. The questions that you'll answer as you read will allow you to identify the 1954 Court's reasoning and interpretation of that Amendment to the Constitution.
You can find the Brown Opinion on page 124 of your binder. You'll also note that the Court had to issue a second opinion in the case which is found on page 126 of your binder. Please answer the questions in the linked document and then submit your responses to Schoology. There is a link to an electronic version of the Court's opinions in the document if you need it.
Brown Decision Questions-Complete Version
*NOTE-Court opinions are underlined when writing and when referring to the Supreme Court, it is capitalized whether using the full title or just referring to it as the Court.

2) We'll begin to examine the impact of the Brown decision by looking at what happened to Emmett Till soon after the second opinion was issued. Here is the link to the video and corresponding questions that you'll answer:
Emmett Till-Amstuds 56
Emmett Till-Amstuds 78

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