Go to the website and read about the land mark case:  LandMark Cases  http://www.landmarkcases.org/brown/background2.html
Once you have completed  reading,  answer the following questions in your journal:

1.  Who was Linda Brown and why did she sue the school system?

2.   What is segragation?

3.   What right did the fourteenth amendment of the Constitution guarantee?

4.  What was the Supreme Court's decision and what affect did it have on the public school system
       Now, look at the diagram of how the case moved through the court system.

5.  What other courts heard the case, before it reached the Supreme Court?

Finally, look at the timeline of  civil rights events.
 Name 2 other events, laws or cases that helped to end segregation.
 Write a sentence explaining what the event was and another sentence explaining how it improved school integration.
 

For additonal information about the 50th anniversary and what is being done to celebrate the decision look at the following site:
CNN New:  Refreshing the Brown v. Board of Ed Legacy  http://www.cnn.com/2003/EDUCATION/05/15/brown.legacy.ap/