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__**Brown in the News Scripts:**__

__Host:__ Hello! Welcome to the breaking news from the court decision on Brown vs. Board. Today we have a special guest, Chief Justice Earl Warren to tell us a little bit about the courts decision on the case. Could you tell us a little bit about the case?
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__Earl Warren:__ It was 5 cases lumped together, from Kansas, Delaware, Virginia, DC, and South Carolina, and they all challenged the segregation of public schools. Many children weren't receiving the education needed to prosper later in life.

__Host:__ Thanks for meeting up with us today Earl. Tell us a little bit about the decision of the court.

__Earl Warren:__ Well, "segregation of white and colored children in public schools has a detrimental effect upon the colored children. The impact is greater when it has the sanction of the law, for the policy of separating the races is usually interpreted as denoting the inferiority of the Negro group...Any language in contrary to this finding is rejected. We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." We have decided that all schools should become integrated with all deliberate speed.

__Host__: What do you mean by ," with all deliberate speed."

__Earl Warren:__ We need to stop segregation in schools immediately. It's unfair to African Americans and it's depriving their children from the equality they deserve. We need to stop it now. Its holding them back from gathering knowledge and prospering later in life.

__Host:__ How do you plan on enforcing this decision?

__Earl Warren__: We are not entirely sure. This decision was rather vague and how to enforce our ruling is undecided. The fact that the ruling isn't very precise may lead to segregationist resistance but we feel that overall the outcome will be a positive change in our county.

__Host:__ Well thank you for coming and speaking to us today, we really appreciate it.

__Interviewer:__ Welcome __Thurgood Marshall:__ Hello __Interviewer:__ So Mr. Marshall what exactly was your relation to the Brown vs. Board Case? __Thurgood:__ I was the plaintiff lawyer for Brown fighting for desegregation of schools. __Interviewer:__ Many of your arguments were related to the controversial Fourteenth Amendment, correct? __Thurgood__: Of course, because there were lots of misinterpretation of it during the Plessy vs. Ferguson case. __Interviewer__: What about that case was misinterpreted? __Thurgood__: It was a misinterpretation of the equal protection of laws clause in the Fourteenth Amendment, since equal protection should not allow racial segregation. __Interviewer__: What exactly did the 14th Amendment allow? __Thurgood:__ It allowed the government to prohibit racial discrimination, including public schools. __Interviewer:__ And what didn't the 14th Amendment specify? __Thurgood:__ It doesn't specify if states can have segregated schools and education. __Interviewer__: I heard you also had some psychological testing done, what was that about? __Thurgood__: We did some testing on the minds of African American children and found that segregation had negative effects on them. __Interviewer__: Well thank you for giving me your knowledge and time on this divisive subject. __Thurgood__: Your welcome, it was a pleasure.
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