Brainstorm…
Separate but Equal
Brainpop!
Oliver Brown's
daughter
Linda, a third
grader, had to
walk six blocks
to her school
bus stop to
ride to Monroe
Elementary,
her
segregated
black school
one mile
away...
Sumner
…while Sumner
Elementary, a
white school, was
seven blocks from
her house.
Monr
oe
The Supreme
Court justices
heard about the
Linda’s long walk
through
dangerous
railways.
In 1954, the Supreme Court ruled
that “Separate but Equal” was
unconstitutional.
ALL public schools, including those in
Virginia, were ordered to DESEGREGATE.
Oliver W. Hill
Born in Richmond, Hill was an
African American lawyer who
devoted his life to the fight for
civil rights…
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He helped
African American
teachers earn
equal
paychecks as
white teachers…
In 1954, Hill was part
of the team that
helped win the
Brown vs. Board of
Education decision
at the Supreme
Court!
Hill and his family got death threats
and had a cross burned on their
front lawn, but he never backed
down…
Oliver Hill even
lived to see his
100th birthday!
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President Bill Clinton
awarded Hill the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1999…
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Oliver W. Hill
Ruled unconstitutional
by the Supreme Court
in 1954
All public schools
were ordered to…
Brown v. Board of Education
Linda Brown’s dangerous
walk to school brought
about this court case
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A lawyer who helped win
the Brown v. BOE decision
“Separate but Equal”
Desegregate