| COURT DECISIONS
AND LEGAL DOCUMENTS |
| The National Center for Public
Policy Research |
This website contains the text of Brown
v. Board of Education , decided by the Supreme
Court on May 17, 1954. |
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| The National Center for Public
Policy Research |
This website contains the text of Brown
II , decided by the Supreme Court on May 31, 1955. |
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| "The Ground Beneath Our Feet: Massive Resistance" |
This website contains primary legal documents that
pertain to Dorothy E. Davis, et al v. County School
Board of Prince Edward County, Virginia. |
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| LEARNING ACTIVITIES
AND LESSON PLANS |
| Virginia Commonwealth University James Branch
Cabell Library |
This website is an online exhibit entitled "Separate
but Not Equal: Race, Education, and Prince Edward County,
Virginia," based on the papers of Dr. Edward H. Peeples,
Jr. It includes photographs, documents, an extensive bibliography
and a links page to other websites. |
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| National Archives |
This website includes teaching activities, documents,
and photographs about Davis v. Prince Edward County
Board of Education, which originated in Virginia.
Students compare and analyze photographs of Moton High
School, where African American students attended, and
Farmville High School, where white students attended. |
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| National Archives |
This website includes teaching activities and documents
about the Brown decision, such as the judgment
in Briggs v. Elliott , which originated in South
Carolina, and a letter by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
The website is produced by the National Archives. |
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| Landmark Supreme Court Cases |
This website explains how a legal case moves through
the court system, a history of Brown in the
lower courts, key excerpts of the court opinions, and
biographies of Chief Justice Earl Warren and NAACP attorney
Thurgood Marshall. This website includes several good
teaching activities, such as comparing regional media
coverage of the decision and analyzing political cartoons.
There is also an activity that focuses on the aftermath
of the Brown decision and examines the desegregation
of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957.
This website is produced by Street Law and the Supreme
Court Historical Society. |
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| Civil Rights in U.S. and Virginia History |
This website provides primary documents, oral history
transcripts and video interviews that comprised the documentary "Massive
Resistance." The film was part of the "Ground Beneath
Our Feet" series about Virginia History, which was produced
by George Gilliam and the Central Virginia Educational
Television Corporation (see below). Primary documents
include the Gray Commission Report and speeches by Virginia
politicians articulating their responses to the Brown decision.
Students can read, watch, and hear interviews with Prince
Edward County students and teachers and with Virginia
state officials. Students can also view a series of photographs
of public schools in Prince Edward County that were submitted
as evidence in the Davis case, available through
the National Archives, located here. |
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| "The Ground Beneath Our Feet: Massive Resistance" |
This website is the companion to the television documentary
of the same name, produced by George Gilliam and Central
Virginia Educational Television Corporation. Students
can view a timeline of events and primary legal documents
that pertain to Dorothy E. Davis, et al v. County
School Board of Prince Edward County, Virginia . |
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| "The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow" |
This website is a companion to the television documentary
series "The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow." It provides a
dynamic way for students to explore the context out of
which the Brown decision came. Students can hear
former Moton High School students talk about the significance
of the Brown decision here. |
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| The History of Jim Crow, an Educator's site |
This website enables students to explore the era of
segregation. It includes teaching activities for different
periods within the Jim Crow era, including a teaching
unit about the Brown decision. |
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| NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. |
This website includes press releases about current
day education cases, including the Michigan affirmative
action cases, as well as a chronology of events in the
history of civil rights in education since the Brown decision. |
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| HISTORIC SITES |
| R.R. Moton Museum in Farmville, VA |
In 1951, African American students at Moton High School
staged a walkout in protest of the unequal and inadequate
conditions they faced. Their action led to the court case Davis
v. Prince Edward County School Board of Prince Edward
County, VA . The website also contains a link to
a bibliography of sources. |
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| "We Shall Overcome: Historic Places of the
Civil Rights Movement, A National Register of Historic
Places Travel Itinerary" |
This website discusses a number of historic sites related
to the civil rights movement, including the R. R. Moton
High School in Farmville, VA. |
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| Brown v. Board of Education National
Historic Site |
The National Park Service runs this national historic
site located in Topeka, Kansas. |
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| 50th ANNIVERSARY OF
BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION |
| Brown v. Board of Education 50 th Anniversary
Federal Commission |
This website includes press releases, speeches, and
listing of events sponsored by the Commission. |
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| National Education Association |
This website announces the NEA's "Horizons of Opportunities:
Celebrating 50 Years of Brown v. Board of Education ,
May 17, 1954-2004." |
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| University of South Carolina Institute for
Public Service and Policy Research |
This website explains the Institute's two-year project
to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Brown decision. |
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| Howard University School of Law |
This website includes information about "Brown@50:
Fulfilling the Promise." |
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| BOOKS, JOURNALS, AND
OTHER RESOURCES |
| Longwood University Library |
Longwood University Library's research guide to books
and resources about the history of the Brown decision
and the school closings in Prince Edward County. |
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