Handout B: Document Summary Table (The Civil Rights Movement)
Handout B: Documents Summary Table
Directions: Use this form to develop an overview of the evidence available.
| Document name, date, & author (if provided) | Answer to related question(s) | What is the main idea of this document? |
|---|---|---|
| Virginia Criminal Code, 1847 | ||
| Section of the Fourteenth Amendment, 1868 | ||
| Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), Majority Opinion | ||
| Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), Dissenting Opinion | ||
| Washington, D.C. Public Schools, 1st Div-Class Making Geometric Forms with Paper, 1899 | ||
| Crowded Segregated Classroom, ca. 1940s | ||
| Segregation Laws Map, 1953 | ||
| Brown v. Board of Education (1954), Unanimous Majority Opinion | ||
| Brown II (1955), Majority Opinion | ||
| “Supreme Court Decision,” 1954 |