Berea College and NAACP
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Berea College v Kentucky (1908)
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Upheld the Day Law, which allowed States to mandate/enforce segregation in private schools.
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Berea College
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A coeducation and integrated college, the only in the south that was motivated by religious conviction; shutdown after Berea v Kentucky.
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Day Law
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Made it illegal for any person, group or institution to teach whites and blacks together in a classroom, building, or campus.
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Berea College Argument
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Day Law was unreasonable intrusion of the state into affairs of a private college, interferes with the mission of the college.
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Kentucky Argument
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Berea has a state charter, and therefore must comply fully with state laws.
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Key to Berea v. Kentucky?
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Importance of charter, key to being recognized as a college or university, crucial when a new school is starting.
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Berea College v Kentucky led directly to the founding of?
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The NAACP.
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Leading founder of NAACP
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W.E.B. Dubois, first African American to receive a Ph.D from Harvard University.
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Factor 1 that led to NAACP
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With Berea, many believed segregation was increasing and spreading, must be dealt with.
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Factor 2 that led to NAACP
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Many believed that Plessy and the codification and growth of Jim Crow now imposed another form of slavery on African Americans
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3 Key Concerns From Berea (One)
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Disenfranchisement of blacks.
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3 Key Concerns From Berea (Two)
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Disparity in public funding between white and black schools.
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3 Key Concerns From Berea(Third)
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Increasing curtailment of civil liberties of blacks.
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Legal strategy
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Use litigation to bring about legal reform and social change.
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Two premises of legal strategy (one)
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Legal system could be used to work against them, but also in their favor.
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Two premises of legal strategy (two)
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When you change the law concerning the rights of a person or group, you make permanent changes.
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Two Goals of Legal Strategy (1)
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Undermine legal system of white supremacy linked to Plessy
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Two Goals of Legal Strategy (2)
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NAACP had to challenge legal underpinnings of Plessy to challenge white supremacy.
