5/12/08 Homework

29 c. The Brown Decision, Ten Years Later

1. Which states in the region shown on the map began to integrate their public
schools in the year of the Brown v. Board of Education decision? (Do not count
the District of Columbia.)
West Virginia, Texas, Maryland, and Delaware

2. In which states did school desegregation not begin until the 1960s?
Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina

3. What generalization can you make about the relationship between the time a
state began the desegregation process and the degree of integration of its
schools in 1964?
The states that started desegregation earlier had a greater percentage of African Americans attending desegregated schools. Texas is an exception to this.

4. In which states were 30 to 60 percent of African-American students in
integrated schools?
Oklahoma, Missouri, Maryland and Delaware

5. In which states was the percentage of African-American students in integrated
schools less than the region’s average?
Arizona, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Louisiana, Florida, North Carolina, Texas, Tennessee, and Virginia

6. Which five of the states you listed for question 5 had percentages the farthest
below the regional average?
Arizona, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina. These were slave states before the Civil War.


29 g. Triumph of a Crusade
Complete the chart below by explaining how each of the entries promoted the cause
of the civil rights and greater equality for African Americans.

Freedom rides: Tested Supreme Court decisions of desegregation

March on Birmingham: Protests desegregated a city known for racism

Civil Rights Act of 1964: Prohibited discrimination against things such as race, religion, and gender

24th Amendment: States could not change the conditions or requirements necessary for someone to have the right to vote

March on Selma: Showed an example of the violence caused by racism

Voting Rights Act of 1965: Eliminated literacy tests required for voting rights, allowing more people to vote