Little Rock 9 Brainstorm by Adriana Ching https://padlet.com/aching7595/vfhg99n78hhs Made with a warm hug en-us 2020-02-26 21:20:37 UTC 2020-03-02 05:58:01 UTC hello@padlet.com What happened sfergeson3631 https://padlet.com/aching7595/vfhg99n78hhs/wish/451062699 9 black students volunteered/were chosen to integrate to a white school called Central High.
Governor opposed this even though it was ruled by the supreme court. He ordered National Guard to block black kids from entering the school. they eventually got inside and started attending. they were constantly harassed by other students. Ernest Green eventually graduated after a long year.   ]]> 2020-02-26 21:23:29 UTC https://padlet.com/aching7595/vfhg99n78hhs/wish/451062699 How did President Eisenhower have the 14th Amendment on his side? aching7595 https://padlet.com/aching7595/vfhg99n78hhs/wish/451062761 The 14th Constitution says that no state shall make or enforce any law that shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the united states. Nor shall any state deprive any person... liberty, without due process of law. Nor deny any person equal protection of the law. This means that the black students were equal as the whites and they shouldn't have been denied to go to the all white school which was highly funded. And shouldn't have been denied the right to be in any extra curricular activities. ]]> 2020-02-26 21:23:49 UTC https://padlet.com/aching7595/vfhg99n78hhs/wish/451062761 What did article 2, section 2, protect on President Eisenhower's side? sfergeson3631 https://padlet.com/aching7595/vfhg99n78hhs/wish/451066821 The president is the commander in chief of the armed forces on the united states, and he had the right to stop the use of National Guard the school. He also had the right to send in armed forces to protect black students and keep peace. ]]> 2020-02-26 21:33:18 UTC https://padlet.com/aching7595/vfhg99n78hhs/wish/451066821 Brown v Board of Ed. decision on Eisenhower's side: sfergeson3631 https://padlet.com/aching7595/vfhg99n78hhs/wish/451069223 Brown v Board of Education case ruled that racially segregated schools are unconstitutional. Eisenhower was trying to respect that decision and the little rock 9. ]]> 2020-02-26 21:39:21 UTC https://padlet.com/aching7595/vfhg99n78hhs/wish/451069223 10th Amendment on Governor Faubus's side aching7595 https://padlet.com/aching7595/vfhg99n78hhs/wish/452257285 Any power not directly given to the federal government belongs to the state. Faubus thought that he had the decision wether the kids integrated or not. ]]> 2020-02-28 21:32:51 UTC https://padlet.com/aching7595/vfhg99n78hhs/wish/452257285 Brown v Board of Ed sfergeson3631 https://padlet.com/aching7595/vfhg99n78hhs/wish/452262769
  • Kansas state law: any city with a population of over 15,000 can choose to have integrated or separate but equal schools. 
  • City of Topeka opted for racially separate schools
    • NAACP was concerned about the decision
    • They developed a plan: found 13 black parents to form a lawsuit against school board. Also attempted to enroll their children in white schools but were denied
  • Federal court sympathized with plaintiffs agreeing that segregated schools were not in the best interest of the children 
    • But the Plessy v Ferguson case in 1896 declared separate but equal schools
    • Court ruled Topeka schools proved to have equal education 
      • Ruled that segregated schools did not violate the law
  • Case made it to supreme court - ruled that racially segregated schools are unconstitutional 
    • Parent’s children granted spots in white schools

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