Peak,+Jokisch,+Schmidt

What America Means to Me: **__Perseverence__**
 * Man on the moon
 * Alice Paul's Protests for Women's Suffrage
 * Brown vs. Board of Education

Man on the Moon ([] [] (relates civil rights and space age?))
 * 1) Failures
 * 2) Challenges/Vs. Soviet Union
 * 3) Ways they perservered

BACKGROUND? The first women’s rights convention in the United States was held in Seneca Falls, New York in 1848. There were previous events that addressed women’s suffrage, but the Seneca Falls convention is regarded as the beginning of the long fight for women’s vote. Although this convention was years before Alice Paul’s birth, it gave rise to the National American Women Suffrage Association which influenced Alice at an early age. Her mother, Tacie Paul, was a member of NAWSA and first introduced Alice to the cause when she held meetings in their home. The Paul family was Hicksite Quaker, a religion that stressed the equality of men and women. Alice was the first of four children who although they were wealthy, would grow up with many domestic and agricultural duties, instilling within them the values of perseverance and industry. Alice’s later efforts towards women’s suffrage would be a prime example of perseverance. [] [] []
 * In 1912 Alice Paul joined the National American Womens Suffrage Association (NAWSA), she was appointed chariwoman of the Congressional Committee in Washington D.C.

9/7/10 - Bailey (Brown vs. Board of Education) Linda Brown, Topeka KS. 1954

"Education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments...It is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he is denied the opportunity of an education. Such an opportunity...is a right that must be mde available to all on equal terms...Does segregation of children in schools solely on the basis of race...deprive the children of the minority group of equal educational opportunities? We believe that it does." Chief Just Earl Warren. May 17, 1954. []
 * At time of Brown decision 21 states had segregated schools.
 * Supreme Court ruling said segregation was unconstitutional but didn't tell schools how/when to desegregate.
 * Linda Brown was a 3rd grader who walked 5 blocks, then rode a bus 2 miles to get to school. When she lived 2 blocks away from another elementary school. But this school was for white children only.
 * The NAACP asked Brown's parents and other Topeka residents to challenge segregation in schools.
 * In 1955 the Supreme Court created a follow up decision called Brown II stating that desegregation should proceed immediately.
 * The case combined five states all seeking the same thing. These states are: Delaware, Kansas, South Carolina, Virginia, & Washington DC.
 * For KS this was the 12th case filed against segregated schools.
 * NAACP gathered 13 parents who were representing their 20 children.
 * White children had access to 18 schools in Topeka, and african american children had access to only 4,

I created a yahoo account where we can ask questions to people about our topic and get their opinions on it. I only asked 1 question about the education case. If you want me to ask questions about your topics let me know!**