National and Local Reactions to

Brown v. The Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas 1954

Liz Rotramel

Tina Gersdorf

Summer 2006

RESOURCES:

ABC Brainstorm

Brown v. Board of Education – brief summary (reading levels: 1, 2, 3)

New York Times publication of majority opinion (excerpt)

Written Document Analysis Worksheet

Political Cartoons (Website with cartoons and questions)

Political Cartoon Analysis Worksheet

Pre-Cartoon Brainstorm worksheet

“Create Your Own Political Cartoon” worksheet

Local Newspaper Articles:

Daily Illini, May 18, 1954. “Now ‘Equal’ is Equal”.

Full page | Article only

Daily Illini, May 20,1954. “Been a Good Week”.

Full page | Article only

The Champaign News Gazette, May 18, 1954. “Nickell Says Little Segregation in State”.

Full page | Article only

The Urbana Courier, May 23, 1954. “History Written in Our Time”.

Full page | Article only

Landmark Cases of the Supreme Court. http://www.landmarkcases.org/brown/home.html

Text of Supreme Court Decision Outlawing Negro Segregation in the Public Schools

New York Time, May 18, 1954.

National Archives Teaching With Documents Lesson Plans. http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/

The Daily Illini, May 18, 1954. Headline.

The Daily Illini, May 18, 1954. “Court Unanimous in New Doctrine”.

The Daily Illini, May 18, 1954. “Segregation Issue Creates Storm in South”.

The Daily Illini, May 19, 1954. “South Defiant About Court’s School Ruling”.

The Daily Illini, May 20, 1954. “Supreme Court’s Decision Merits Non-Red Praise”.

The Daily Illini, May 21, 1954. “Expelled!”.

The Daily Illini, May 22, 1954. “ South Will Discuss Segregation Rule”.

The Champaign News-Gazette, May 17, 1954. “Supreme Court Rules Against Segregation”.

The Urbana Courier, May 17, 1954. “Public School Decision is Unanimous”.

Part 1 | Part 2

The Urbana Courier, May 18, 1954. “ South Studies Implication of Race Decision”.

The Urbana Courier, May 19, 1954. “Racial Ruling Wins Praise in World Press”.

The Urbana Courier, May 20, 1954. “Court Abolishes Second Class Citizenship”.

American History Teachers’ Collaborative. “Annotated Web Resources for Brown v. Board of Education”

http://www.usd116.org/ProfDev/AHTC/resources/BrownNARAweblist.htm

American History Teachers’ Collaborative. “Annotated Web Resources for Legal History”. http://www.usd116.org/ProfDev/AHTC/resources/legal%20history%20sites2.htm