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Bridges, Ruby. "HISTORY: My Story." African American World (1997): n. pag. Web. 5
PBS, 1997. Print. 5 Dec 2010.
<http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/race_relations/jan-june97/bridges_2-18.html>.
from a person who lived through the integration process, Ruby Bridges. The
showed me that this would be a great topic for the NHD theme. In both sources,
Ruby explains how the whole experience was for her, what she learned, and how she
got through such a hard time. She mentions countless people like her psychiatrist,
Dr. Cole, and how he was able to help her overcome her fears, as well as the U.S.
Marshalls that walked her from the car to school every day.
"Exploring Constitutional Conflicts- Separate But Equal?: The Road to Brown." n. pag.
<http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/sepbutequal.htm>.
This website provided me with pictures and key facts about the National
NAACP. This site also went into greater detail about all the other cases around the
<http://www.hds.harvard.edu/news/article_archive/bridges.html>.
This was another interview of Ruby Bridges-Hall. This article goes into greater
detail about Ruby's relationship with her teacher and her psychiatrist, both of whom
are from Boston. Ruby collaborated with her psychiatrist Robert Coles in the
creation of the children's picture-book "The Story of Ruby Bridges." Ruby also talks
about the need for education to be diverse so children are exposed to all different
kinds of people while they grow up, rather than discover them later.
Ruby Bridges Foundation. "Ruby Bridges Official Website." Ruby Bridges. Ed. Ruby
<http://www.rubybridges.com/story.htm>.
This site, like the PBS sites, gave another in-depth look at Ruby's life as she grew
up and her experiences being the first colored child to attend William Frantz
Elementary. She was born in 1954, the year Brown v. Board of Education was passed. It
was not until she was 6 years old and entering first grade that it was decided William
"September, 1997 - The 40th Anniversary of One of America's Most Important Civil Rights
Events." Little Rock Central High 40th Anniversary. Ed. Craig Rains. Public
This website provided much information about what it was like integrating a
public high school. It included much detail associated with attitudes towards a new
way of life and also showed how state government as well as the people resisted to
the change. The president knew that this switch to equal education was necessary so
he did all in his power to create an equal system while keeping everyone safe.
"The I Have a Dream Speech - The U.S. Constitution Online - USConstitution.net." Index Page
- The U.S. Constitution Online - USConstitution.net. Ed. Steve Mount. U.S. Constitution
This website was used to quote Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's "I Have A Dream"
speech given at the nation's capitol on August 28, 1963. It mentions the governor of
Alabama, Orval Faubus, who requested that Little Rock High School be surrounded
by the state's National Guard to prevent the nine black children from entering the
building. It main focus was how the constitution granted everyone the same equal
rights and that unfair treatment of colored folk was not just. MLK Jr went on to talk
about the “dreams” he had for this country such as white children being friends with
colored children and all people getting along together. He wanted an end to hatred;
MLK Jr. wanted all people to work together for the common good of the world and
The Library of Congress, . ""With An Even Hand." Brown v. Board At Fifty A Century of
This website was a great one for finding more detailed information about the
NAACP, as well as teacher’s rights throughout that time period. It also mentioned
different types of segregation that the colored people had to cope with such as bus
transportation and public restrooms. his site also showed that primary and secondary
education were not the only ones effected by Brown v. Board of Education, college
level schooling was also not integrated until after this case was tried and won. More
U.S. Supreme Court, . "U.S. Supreme Court Brown v. Board of Education." Find Law -
Cases and Codes For Legal Professionals (1954): n. pag. Web. 5 Dec 2010.
<http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=347&invol=483>.
Case Law contained the exact case that was argued in 1952, re-argued in 1953
and decided in 1954; this said case was Brown v Board of Education. It contained all the
viewpoints of each member of the court and in the beginning of the document it also
contains the reasons for why the case was won. It mentions many times throughout the
introduction of the article that because of the 14th amendment, colored people deserved
the same public education that while children receive; there should be no unequal
education.
Secondary Sources
<http://www.14thamendment.us/amendment/14th_amendment.html>.
This website was used for the excerpt of the 14th Amendment. I felt I should
include this because the 14th Amendment was what Brown v. Board of Education
Encyclopedia. Ed. Dr. Frank Kaufmann. 16 Jan. 2009. Web. 11 Jan. 2011.
<http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Brown_v._Board_of_Education>.
This website was used for the mapping image of the US. This showed where
the case of Brown vs. Board of Education would be affected, which was primarily the
South.
<http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112391/brown_v__board_of_education.htm>.
This article created by students learning about the Civil Rights Movement
explains how Brown v. Board of Education got started in 1951. Oliver Brown wanted
his daughter to have the same opportunities as any white and he was intent on sending
her to a white school the following school year, but the school denied his daughter,
Linda, acceptance because she was African American. The NAACP then began trying
throughout the country to make it so all colored children were allowed to attend all
white schools. The State court refused to honor the request because they were still
under the ruling of Plessy v. Ferguson which stated that colored people were
“separate but equal” to whites. The five cases found throughout the country were then
grouped together to form Brown v. Board of Education and tried at the U.S. Supreme
Court. Three years after the case was brought to the Supreme Court, it was ruled that
education should not be separate, all should be educated with the same tools and
facilities needed for raise a healthy and functional society. Although the court ruled
separate schools as unconstitutional to the 14th amendment, many schools were slow
to integrate because of the harsh prejudice against blacks that still existed.
<http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112391/civil_rights_leaders.htm>.
This website was created by students who were learning about the segregation
of public schools. Information contained in this site dealt with many facts about the
South and how they had a strong desire not to integrate, unlike the North. There was
also information about the other aspects of the Civil Rights Movement such as public
1.html>.
This source had information about how segregation was not only in the South
such as Mississippi and Alabama, in was in some areas of the North as well especially
as one moved further west such as Kansas. Segregation is Education was everywhere,
all over the country, and especially in large cities like Chicago. The North adapted
FM-TV-Online | Illinois Public Media | University of Illinois. PBS & NPR, 2008.
<http://www.will.uiuc.edu/community/beyondbrown/brownfacts.htm>.
Many myths and facts about the Brown v. Board of Education were contained
in this website. An example would be that there were five cases from all over the
country that were tried and later all were grouped together and taken to the U.S.
Supreme Court as Brown v. Board of Education. The NAACP used the name Brown
because he was the first case in the lawsuit out of the five.
Green State University Home Page. Computing for ACS Course, Spring 1997. Web.
The case of Plessy v. Ferguson made racial segregation legal and justified for
over 50 years until it was overruled by Brown v. Board of Education in 1954. Under
this ruling, the "separate but equal" way of life was put into effect. This court ruling
created an inequality of race such as the colored people getting the lower quality of
everything from public restrooms to public transportation. The colored people had
the same rights political as a white person but not the same social rights.