What did Thurgood Marshall do in the case of Brown vs. Board of Education?
— use link to find answer — http://www.pbs.org/jefferson/enlight/brown.htm (answer in “background”) he was the lawyer that pleaded the case for the 8 year old girl, Linda Brown, before the Supreme Court – He later became the 1st black justice (judge) on the Supreme Court. — Click for Biography of Thurgood Marshall — What does segregation mean? (answer is “interpreted”) It means “separation” – referring to separating black students from white students. Segregation was a system of holding people down by preventing them from doing things other Americans could … such as going to whatever public restaurants, bathrooms, drinking fountains or libraries they wished. Segregation was a way of keeping white people separate but not equal, because white people were allowed to do things that black people were not allowed to do. What does integration mean? (answer “from your head”) It means bringing people of different faiths & different colors together. It relates to equal rights … that ever
