1. What is the common legal/constitutional question in the four separate cases which were consolidated and decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in one opinion as Brown v. Board of Education (Brown I) ?
2. (a) In theory, what facts would be relevant evidence in a trial to establish whether or not racially segregated schools were actually "equal," even though separate, prior
   to BrownI?
   (b) What facts were presented to show that separate schools could not be equal ?
3. What did the U.S. Supreme Court say was the reason for its Brown I decision ?
4. What impact did the decision in Brown I have on the doctrine of "separate but equal" as a way to satisfy the Equal Protection Clause ?
   What issue did the U.S. Supreme Court consider in Brown II and how did they resolve that issue?
5. Consider that the federal district courts supervised the desegregation of local schools for many years, in one case for 47 years. With the wisdom of hindsight, was Brown II a wise decision ? Why or why not ?