The Rhetorical Road to Brown v. Board of Education Oran P. Smith Presented are ways to build

Presented are ways to build academic vocabulary and background knowledge

four decades after its founding

" what starts as a small problem grows into a giant conundrum when one tumbleweed turns into ten

and reveals a complex picture of those who fought for the Union

focusing on the present moment

The Rhetorical Road to Brown v. Board of Education Oran P. Smith Presented are ways to buildAs early as 1947, Black parents in rural South Carolina began seeking equal educational opportunities for their children. After two unsuccessful lawsuits, these families directly challenged legally mandated segregation in public schools with a third lawsuit in 1950, which was eventually decided in Brown v. Board of Education. Amidst the Black parents' resistance, Elizabeth Avery Waring, a twice divorced northern socialite, and her third husband,