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BOOKNOTES Teacher Guide
Charles Ogletree, discusses his book, All Deliberate Speed: Reflections on the First Half-Century of Brown vs. Board of Education.

Original Air Date: Sunday, May 9th, 2004
8-9pm ET

Before Viewing Booknotes

Step One: Overview

Have students research introductory information about "Brown vs. Board of Education," the Supreme Court case discussed in the interview.

Introduce students to some of the following key words and people from the interview. For each, have them list what they know, and what they want to know about that term or person:

"Separate, but equal"
Desegregation/segregation
May 17th, 1954
NAACP
Thurgood Marshall, Charles Hamilton Houston, Jim Crow
Brown I decision/Brown II decision
Affirmative Action
50th anniversary of Brown vs. Board of Education

Have students look up the word, "deliberate" in the dictionary. Ask them to formulate some ideas about what the title "All Deliberate Speed" means.

While Viewing Booknotes
Directions: Use the graphic organizer to answer the questions below while viewing Booknotes.

Who is the respondent in Brown vs. Board of Education?
Who is the petitioner in the case?
Name some of the lawyers who argued the case.
Name some of the Justices of the Supreme Court in 1954. Who was the Chief Justice of the Supreme court of 1954?
Summarize the May 17, 1954 decision of the Court in Brown vs. Board of Education-or what is now known as "Brown I".
What was the second decision, "Brown II", about?
What happened after the decision outside of the Court all over the United States? How did people respond?
Where does the title of the book come from?
Why is this case so important to the author himself?

After Viewing Booknotes

Discussion
Review the program with the students. Discuss their answers to the above questions.
Activity

Have students discuss how the case had a direct and indirect impact on civil rights in the country.
Discuss the significance of the title and the meaning of "deliberate" in this context. What significance did that word have in the ruling?
After the decision, was segregation addressed at an appropriate "deliberate" speed? In what ways is segregation still an unresolved issue in the United States?
At the end of the interview, host Brian Lamb asked, "Will the day come when you no longer need a black student union?" How is this question relevant to the book's topic? What was Mr. Ogletree's answer? What are students' answers?

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