Under Earl Warren many influential civil rights decisions were made. He is seen as a very effective leader and a successful Chief Justice. One of the most important decisions made in his term was <em>brown vs. board of education </em>in 1954, which was the first decision to make segregation in schools illegal. Under his influence, this case that had the court undecided passed unanimously. The main affected were segregated people, who would later start movements such as the Civil Rights movements inspired by these decisions.
1. Thurgood Marshall believed that affirmative action was needed because most African Americans
were disadvantaged.
2. African Americans had been discriminated against for hundreds of years, first as enslaved people
and then by Jim Crow laws.
3. Even though Congress had passed legislation to prevent discrimination, a large percentage of the
African American population was still poor and undereducated.
4. Marshall and others believed that affirmative action would “level the playing field” for African
Americans. It would help African Americans find better jobs and get better education.
Analyze Cause and Effect What was the effect of the civil rights decisions of the Supreme Court under
Chief Justice Earl Warren? Who was affected by these decisions?
1. The Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren overturned old laws that legalized
discrimination and set precedents for other laws that outlawed discrimination.
2. In the decision for Brown v. Board of Education, the court struck down the idea of segregated
schools that had been established by Plessy v. Ferguson in the late 1890s.
3. Plessy had set up the idea of “separate but equal.” In Brown v. Board of Education, Warren said
that schools could no longer be segregated by race.
4. This allowed African Americans to attend previously all-white schools and universities.
5. The Supreme Court also addressed discrimination against Mexican Americans. In Hernandez v.
Texas, the Warren court said it was illegal to exclude Mexican Americans from sitting on trial juries. That is all I got plz mark brainliest when you got time!
