Ch. 1

54 Brown vs. Board of Ed

no desegregation
North Carolina
People Assignment Act--
  • harder for the NAACP to sue,
  • create an alternative to desegregated schools at the time
  • All authority given to local levels so it'll be too hard to sue/segregate

Freedom of Choice Act
  • blacks don't stay in white schools due to racism
  • parents were pressured to not send students to white school

With Title 1 money, schools may not segregate (HEW as authority)

The court started getting aggressive, HEW starts making demands, in violation of Civil Rights Act of 1964
HEW – sub unit of the office of education . There to create compliance after title 1 as schools are infused with federal money. Making sure that federal funds are used properly.
Courts – do nothing for a while. Courts start getting aggressive by demanding quotas for percentages of African Americans in white schools.
Desegregation does not happen after Brown and this forces this to happen. There is no other way to chart this progress.

Green v. Country School Board of New Kent County
  • you can't desegregate, no matter what the plans' motivations goodwill, or theoretical efficacy