Brown v. Board of Education
In Topeka, Kansas in the 1950's, schools were segregated by race. Each day, Linda Brown and her sister had to walk through a dangerous railroad switch yard to get to the bus stop for the ride to their all-black elementary school. There was a school closer to the Brown's house, but it was only for white students. Linda Brown and her family believed that the segregated school system violated the Fourteenth Amendment and took their case to court.
Federal district court decided that segregation in public education was harmful to black children, but because all-black schools and all-white schools had similar buildings, transportation, curricula, and teachers, the segregation was legal.
The Browns appealed their case to Supreme Court stating that even if the facilities were similar, segregated schools could never be equal to one another. The Court decided that state laws requiring separate but equal schools violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Watch this 2 minute video and tell us what you learned.
Watch this 2 minute video and tell us what you learned.
Miranda vs State of Arizona
Ernesto Miranda was arrested after a crime victim identified him, but police officers questioning him did not inform him of his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, or of his Sixth Amendment right to the assistance of an attorney. While he confessed to the crime, his attorney later argued that his confession should have been excluded from trial. The Supreme Court agreed, deciding that the police had not taken proper steps to inform Miranda of his rights.
First watch this one minute video then
this 2 minute video and comment one thing that you learned.
I learned in the first video that Thurgood Marshal helped win the Brown v. Board of Education case, and that he became the first African American Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. I also learned in the second video that Ernesto Miranda was convicted a second time for his crimes, and after he got out of jail he was stabbed to death in a bar.
ReplyDeleteI learned that for a long time, blacks and whites were separate. there were separate schools for blacks and whites as well. the 14th amendment guaranteed rights to all citizens no matter if they are colored or not. I learned in the second video that some juristics have police officers ask the suspect to make sure they understand their rights after every sentence.
ReplyDeleteIn the first video, I learned if the suspect being arrested doesn't speak English, he/she will have the Miranda rights read to him/her by an interpreter so they understand their rights.
ReplyDeleteIn the second video, I learned the suspect does not have to be handcuffed, taken to jail or to the police station to be considered “in custody”. I always thought you had to be arrested and put behind bars to be “in custody”.
In the first video, I learned that the Brown vs. Board of Education case was actually five different cases, but they all had the same argument so they were put together.
ReplyDeleteIn the second video, I learned that France has additions to criminal's rights, such as the rift that I see a doctor, and those are added when reading a criminal their rights.
In the third video, I learned that if a policeman doesn't tell you your rights, nothing you say can be used against you as evidence in a court of law and that may physical evidence uncovered because of something you say can't be used against you either
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DeleteI learned that white schools had more advantages then the black school. The court separated white schools and black schools,it was called separate but equal. I didn't think it was fair because the black schools didn't have enough things or shelter compared to the white school
ReplyDeleteOne thing I learned in the first video was that during the Brown v. Board of Education case, 17 southern and border states, including the District of Columbia, required their public schools to be racially segregated. One thing I learned in the second video is that if the criminal can’t afford a lawyer, he or she will be provided one.
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ReplyDeleteFrom the first video, I learned that Brown v the Board of Education helped begin the Civil Rights Movement. From the last two videos, I learned that the Miranda Warning guidelines consist of four things, and that if an officer does not list those four things, the suspect will not be held accountable in court for anything they say or any evidence found against them.
ReplyDeletei learned that thurgood marshal helped with the brown vs. board of education. i also learned that the state requires a lawer when being questioned by a police officer
ReplyDeleteI learned that John Marshall was one of the most respected justices of all time. I also learned that the supreme court receives about 7,000 requests each year to hear a case but they only hear around 100.
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