CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE A Landmark Case Begins 4 CHAPTER TWO African-American Education 12 CHAPTER THREE The Case 22 CHAPTER FOUR Reactions to the Decision 32 Snapshot of Linda Brown 42 Stop and Think 44 Glossary 46 Learn More 47 Index 48 About the Author 48
5 CHAPTER ONE Many African-American schools in the early 1950s did not have much space or many supplies Barbara Johns was a junior at the all African-American Moton High School in Farmville Virginia in 1951 Barbara’s school had only a wood stove for heat The roof leaked The school had few books and only a handful of school buses The students had no athletic fields or lockers Some classes were held in tar paper shacks A LANDMARK CASE BEGINS
