Brown+vs+the+Board+of+Education

=//**Brown VS. The**// //**Board of Education**//= U.S. Supreme Court Brown Et Al V. Board of Education of Topeka Et Al. Argued Deember 9,1952. ReDecember 8, 1953. Decided May 17, 1954

The decision of the Supreme Court to desegregate schools supported the Civil Rights Movement and its goal to desegregate society. In the early 1950s Jim Crow Laws premitted or required there to be segregation between minorities and whites. The Brown vs.the Board of Education case was tried three time before the final decision was reached. They succeed in lawfully ending segregation in schools**.**

=Little Rock Nine= On September 23, 1957 nine African American teenagers attempted to attend Cental High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, but were kept out by the Arkansas National Guard, under the order of governor Orval Faubus. President Eisenhower ordered federal troops to escort the nine childern to school and therefore uphold the Brown vs Board of Education decision. One of the black teenagers, Carlotta Walls said she drew her inspiration from Rosa Parks.

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