Organizing to Demand Rights

Question 1

Brown v. Board of Education was argued before the Supreme Court by

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Thurgood Marshall.

Question 2

An argument made by Thurgood Marshall that helped shape the Brown v. Board of Education decision was that

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separate facilities are unequal and make African American children feel inferior.

Question 3

Who declared that organized resistance by Southern states would prevent racial integration in the South?

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Harry Flood Byrd

Question 4

At the time of the Brown v. Board of Education decision,

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several states had laws requiring segregated schools.

Question 5

Which became a new focus for the NAACP after 1950?

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ending segregation in public education

Question 6

The unanimous opinion in Brown v. Board of Education was written by

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Earl Warren.

Question 7

Why did Thurgood Marshall cite the Fourteenth Amendment to argue that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional?

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The Fourteenth Amendment guarantees equal protection under the law.

Question 8

best

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The court voted to end school segregation.

Question 9

The Southern Manifesto was a document that declared the intent of

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Southern lawmakers to oppose desegregation.

Question 10

Which called on states to desegregate “with all deliberate speed”?

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Brown II

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