VS.9cd Desegregation

What does segregation mean?

• Legal end of racial segregation

• Full equality of people of all races in the use of public facilities and services

• The separation of people, usually based on race or religion

What does desegregation mean?

• Legal end of racial segregation

• Full equality of people of all races in the use of public facilities and services

• The separation of people, usually based on race or religion

What does integration mean?

• The separation of people, usually based on race or religion

• Legal end of racial segregation

• Full equality of people of all races in the use of public facilities and services

What did Barbara Johns do in 1951?

• Went to an all white school

• Left school

• Went to an integrated school

• Led a student strike against segregation in 1951

What 2 court cases were reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court when it declared segregation unconstitutional?

• Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward

• Brown v. County School Board of Prince Edward

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Davis v. Board of Education

What did the U.S. Supreme Court rule in 1954 with the Brown v. Board of Education case?

• separate public schools were equal

• “separate but equal” public schools were unconstitutional

• "separate but equal" public schools were constitutional

• separate public schools were not equal

What were all public schools in Virginia ordered to do after Brown v. Board of Education decision?

• desegregate

• integregate

• segregate

What policy did Virginia’s government create to resist the desegregation of public schools?

• Resist Integration

• Massive Segregation

• Resist Desegregation

• Massive Resistance

What did some schools do to avoid desegregation?

• Only let in certain students.

• closed

• opened anyway

• put guards at the door

What happened to the schools after the policy failed?

• finally segregated

• finally integrated

• finally desegregated