Question

The Sibley Commission was formed in Georgia in response to the Supreme Court ruling of Brown vs. Board of Education. The purpose of the Sibley Committe was to

Question 12 options:

determine if Georgians wanted to integrate schools


decide if only public schools would close


provide African Americans with tution assistance to private schools


decide if desegregation was constitutional in Georgia

Answer 1

The Sibley Commission was formed in Georgia in response to the Supreme Court ruling of Brown vs. Board of Education. The purpose of the Sibley Committe was to ;

D. Decide if desegregation was constitutional in Georgia

The Brown vs. Board of Education is the Court that would declare state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional.

This was my original thought that the answer would be, however, The Sibley Commission was created to survey on whether or not to integrate schools. Which leaves me thinking the answer might most likely be answer choice A as well.

A. Determine if Georgians wanted to integrate schools

Georgians would rather see schools closed that integrated. These lawsuits were combined into the landmark Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case that outlawed segregation in schools.

Answer choice A seems about correct.

Answer 2

On 1955 the General Assembly decided to cut off state resources to any system that integrated schools. The Governor of Georgia had to select between closing public schools or give the issue to the Federal Government. This is when the Sibley Commission was created in order to determine if Georgians wanted to integrate schools (answer A) or close them. They discovered that 2 of 3 Georgians would rather close schools than integrate them.