1954 Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education.

The 1954 Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education marks a watershed moment for the Civil Rights Movement. For many, it destroyed the legal basis for Jim Crow;

1954 Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education.

Paper details: Firstly, the 1954 Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education marks a watershed moment for the Civil Rights Movement. For many, it destroyed the legal basis for Jim Crow; however, a series of laws had to be passed by the following decade to protect the rights of all Americans. In this essay, your task is to analyze the real impact of Brown v. Board of Education on the lives of African Americans by the decade of the 1960s. In other words, did this case usher in significant social, political, and/or economic improvement for African Americans by the 1960s? Be explicit about the specific social, political, and/or economic changes (or lack thereof) which followed the Supreme Court case. For example, if you will be discussing housing, education, and voting, you will need to name these in your thesis and in the corresponding topic sentences.

1954 Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education.

Hint: To adequately answer this question, you need to consider change and continuity over time, key elements analyzed by historians. The early sources listed below will provide you with context on the social, economic, and political life of African Americans and other minorities prior to Brown v. Board of Education while the more recent sources will inform you on how their lives may have changed (or not) by the following decade. In addition, pay close attention to the observations of Civil Rights activists–Tom Kahn, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr. The sources are listed in chronological order and your essay should reflect an understanding of this chronology.

1954 Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education.

Support your post with evidence using all of the sources below: – http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6900 – http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6267 – http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6338 – https://www.crmvet.org/docs/kahn-economics-equality-pamphlet.pdf – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZMrti8QcPA – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xsbt3a7K-8 Additional guidelines: Be sure to structure your essay with an introduction, body and conclusion. The introductory paragraph should include the following three parts: Context or background (2-3 sentences). Also, you should provide context to the material you will be discussing. You should “set the scene” by providing the what, the where, the when, or the who of the material.

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