The big ideas what happened in plessy v. ferguson? how did brown ii affect the ruling in brown v. board of education? how was the naacp involved in what is affirmative action? how did suspects' rights change with these court decisions? people "warren court" (how is it related to the term "activist"? ) vocabulary ● affirmative action – the efforts, usually through law, to improve opportunities for disadvantaged groups in education, employment, and other areas ● precedent – a court action or decision used as a reference in later cases

1) Plessy vs. Ferguson was an 1896 Supreme Court case in which the Supreme Court ruled that "separate but equal" facilities for whites and blacks were legal. The justices ruled that this idea of "separate but equal" DID NOT violate the 14th amendment of the US Constitution.

2) Brown vs. Board of Education was the Supreme Court case that overturned Plessy vs. Ferguson. This 1954 case saw the Supreme Court justices rule that separate but equal was indeed a violation of citizens constitutional rights. In Brown vs. Board of Education II, the Supreme Court ordered that all schools must integrate "with all deliberate speed."