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Separate But Equal Movie Flashcards

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1de jure segregationsegregation established by law. For example Jim Crow laws & "separate but equal" doctrine
2de facto segregationsegregation based on unwritten customs, traditions
Ex. Blacks and Whites attended separate churches, buried in separate cemeteries.
3Separate But Equalprinciple established by Plessy v. Ferguson (1896); ruled segregation was LEGAL as long as facilities for blacks & whites were equal.
4Reverend J. A. DeLainethe Pastor and Principal at Liberty Hill Elementary School.
5Harry Briggs Jr.Attended the Scotts Branch School & walked to school each day 5 miles
6Thurgood Marshallattorney for the black parents in the South Carolina Supreme Court case AGAINST segregated schools
7Dr. Kenneth ClarkConducted experiments with black & white baby dolls, provided findings that supported that segregation causes feelings of inferiority in black children.
8NAACPNational Association for the Advancement of Colored People; oldest & largest civil rights organization in the US; founded in 1909
9—NAACP Poster
10Briggs V. Elliot📌Led by Harry Briggs over 100 Black parents in Clarendon County signed a petition for equal schools.
lawsuit listed the differences between the white schools and the Scott's Branch School. For ex, the Scott's Branch school had outdoor toilets, wells for drawing water, old books, and stoves for heating. The white schools had indoor plumbing, buses, and new textbooks
11Briggs v. ElliotIn 1947, DeLaine and a group of black parents sued Clarendon County School District #22 & asked for a bus for black students. The case was dismissed on a technicality, but the parents did not give up. DeLaine & the local parents decided to sue again. This time they sued in a federal court, not a state court. The lawsuit they filed is called Briggs vs. Elliott
12Brown v. Board of Education case vs. Briggs vs. ElliotIt is ironic that the Brown v. Board case is part of American culture and history, taught in every US high school. The Briggs v. Elliott case is known to few other than historians and legal scholars.
13John W. Davisthe lawyer who represented state of South Carolina'; he was arguing FOR the segregation laws in South Carolina
14Chief Justice Earl WarrenChief Justice of the Supreme Court in the Briggs vs. Elliot & Brown vs. Board of Education. He was personally against segregated schools
1514th Amendmentone of the Civil War Amendments; defined US citizenship and guarantees "Equal protection under the laws".
16—Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857) case of a slave named Dred Scott. The Supreme Court ruled that enslaved African Americans were property, not citizens, & had no rights under the Constitution
17precedenta ruling that is used as the basis for a judicial decision in a later, similar case.
18stare decisismeans "Let Yesterday's Decision Stand"
(Yesterday's decision shall govern today's decision.)
19writ of certiorariwritten request to the Supreme Court to hear a case
20"rule of four"how the Supreme Court selects its cases; 4 of the 9 justices must vote to hear a case
21majority opiniona written statement that presents the views of the majority of Supreme Court justices regarding a case
22Dissenting Opinionwritten by a judge who disagrees with the majority decision opionion
23NAACPNational Association for the Advancement of Colored People