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Brown v Board of Education Trivia Questions

How much do you really know about Brown v Board of Education? Below are 8 true or false statements. Click each one to reveal the answer and explanation.

1.

Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote the unanimous opinion, ending school segregation 'with all deliberate speed.'

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Warren secured a 9-0 decision in 1954, and the phrase 'all deliberate speed' came from the 1955 implementation ruling.

2.

Linda Brown, the named plaintiff, was a third-grade student who had to walk past a white school to reach her segregated one.

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Linda Brown's father, Oliver, sued after she was denied enrollment at Sumner Elementary, just seven blocks from her home.

3.

Thurgood Marshall argued the case for the plaintiffs and later became a Supreme Court Justice.

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Marshall, the NAACP's lead attorney, won Brown and was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1967, becoming its first Black justice.

4.

Brown v. Board was a single case, not a combination of multiple lawsuits.

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Brown actually consolidated five separate cases from Kansas, South Carolina, Virginia, Delaware, and Washington, D.C.

5.

The Supreme Court relied heavily on psychological studies showing segregation harmed Black children's self-esteem.

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The Court cited Kenneth Clark's doll studies, finding segregation created 'a feeling of inferiority' affecting motivation to learn.

6.

Brown v. Board was decided in 1955, the same year as the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

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The original Brown decision was 1954; the implementation ruling (Brown II) was 1955. The bus boycott began later in 1955.

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The case originated from a school district in Topeka, Kansas, where segregation was required by state law.

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Kansas law allowed (but didn't require) segregation in cities over 15,000. Topeka chose to segregate, making it de jure but not mandatory.

8.

The ruling overturned Plessy v. Ferguson's 'separate but equal' doctrine in all public accommodations.

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Brown only applied to public schools. Plessy was effectively overruled for education, but not fully struck down until later civil rights cases.

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