Civil Rights and the 1950s: Crash Course US History #39

[@KingOfDoma]

Please don't erase Claudette Colvin. Rosa Parks is an extremely important figure in the civil rights movement, but let's not forget the fifteen year old girl who beat her to the punch, but wasn't used as the face of the Montgomery boycott because she was an unwed mother.

[@jayb3037]

!!! Yes!!! Thank you!!!

[@backstan5241]

Ate that time they not the only ones who did that I'm just happy to see a change is trying to begin

[@LopezArts]

thank

[@cuchulainn2558]

She was pregnant with the child of a married white man and the NAACP thought her case wouldn’t be the best to challenge segregation on public transport

[@victorbergman9169]

KoDOmega you’re rigjt

[@cmeflywva]

I want to thank everyone at Crash Course for their wonderful work. I support them with their hopes of giving us the opportunity to learn about so many topics. I also am grateful to see the positive discussions after the episodes. I wish this had been available when I was in school but still grateful to enjoy now. Their dedication to provide access to all is to be commended. I will continue to support them through Subbable and hope that others will do the same.

[@thisisALI.i]

facts

[@bullrun2772]

Facts that poeple think is wrong

[@oliviaahn9595]

anyone here for online school during quarantine

[@palmsa4363]

yeah count me in

[@lissamaya9415]

I hate it hereee

[@gunnigasig9084]

Yes and I am German, pls send help he is talking too fast :/

[@Lavn.drMoon]

Meeeee and online school is not it 🙅‍♀️

[@mr.p6580]

I am here to bring back memories of my last year of high school. I miss my history class. Only a year since I left and I miss it and I don't know why. ;-;

[@JonnyXrep]

I still find it mind boggling that this happened only 60 years ago and that a lot of the racist fucks from that time are still alive to this day.

[@iytyu]

dont cuss online

[@heyitsdia5087]

Steven Scheele Why would you say that? Is there a reason why you said that? Or are you trying to make the dumbest point alive. Thank you for cyber bullying somebody for calling them these names just because your able to. Please stop.

[@klaywaffle]

There are still commie bastards in Russia.

[@gigiblack2231]

+JonnyXrep racist people will always exist.

[@eternia15]

JonnyXrep gee are implying that the world is filled with people you might not like or perhaps even disagree with?

[@playoffpj515]

You should've also mentioned Emmett Till, a 14 year old black boy from Chicago, who was brutally murdered in Money, Mississippi for merely speaking to a white woman named Carolyn Bryant in August 1955. Rosa Parks in an interview once said that she thought of Emmett Till when she decided to stand up for herself in December.1955. He was truly an inspiration and one of the sparks that started the flame that is the Civil Rights movement. Just saying.

[@NatLawrenceMusic]

fantastic video, now to destroy my faith in humanity by reading the comments...

[@OnTheNerdySide]

What I've learned on Crash Course today: In the 1950s, the auto industry was the cell phone industry of its day, expecting their cars to be replaced every two years.

[@daveharrison84]

That means as the cell phone industry evolves, their products will be designed to last longer and be replaced less often.

[@sominboy2757]

Difference is, with a car if you had the correct vocational training it was easy to keep it running for 25 years. With cell phones they can wirelessly break your phone from headquarters at will.

[@MossitaBrenande]

Isnt it funny how this video has the most dislikes out of all the Crashcourse videos! Some people do not like the history of America!

[@Dextiery]

Then don't watch it...

[@kendall8168]

Dextiery Did you read the comment correctly?

[@josecarranza7555]

Maybe white people still want segregation? Who knows.

[@Zeldarw104]

yes, I read your comment and its also one of the shortest at 11 minutes and 58 seconds. 🤔 I wonder why? 🙄

[@lancebitoy8912]

@@Dextiery no like after 5 years thats sad

[@Zeyev]

Thank you, thank you, for your accurate, nuanced view of the 1950's. We moved back to Montgomery in 1954. My mother drove our maid back and forth instead of firing her during the boycott; many of our neighbors simply fired their maids. We left Montgomery in 1961 when it was under martial law for its reprehensible behavior when the Freedom Riders came through. Although most people considered us "white" when they first met us and we did drink out of "white" fountains, we regularly received mailings from the White Citizens Council in the next county that reminded us we weren't quite as white as our neighbors. Kids from the north side of Montgomery came to my "white" junior high - past another "white" junior high. Busing was not the central issue then or later. If you want, I can share how my father help to foster desegregation in housing in Minot, North Dakota, in 1962.

[@Bloodmuffin6]

I'd like to hear that story, yeah

[@Zeyev]

Birdeaor We arrived at Minot AFB in the summer of 1962. My father was the director of Personnel for the installation. One of the things that directorate does is allow people in housing surplus areas to offer their homes for rent to base personnel who can't find adequate housing on base. Larger families that can't fit into base housing are just one of many reasons. My father found that some people were offering housing but had restrictions that were legal at the time but greatly annoyed him. He ordered the people handling the offers to tell the offerors that they either wanted to rent or they didn't. Period. No restrictions based on color or creed would be accepted. They wanted the money more than they wanted to remain bigots. It's hard to live up to a legacy like that. Individuals can make a difference. Thanks for asking.

[@Bloodmuffin6]

Zeyev Thank you for sharing

[@GelilaAbraha-b1u]

who’s here from 2024 while everyone is stuck in 2014 or 2020 (during covid)

[@kermit6395]

POV:your here because your history teacher sent you here to learn about civil right while in quarantine..

[@devinpendergast3765]

kermite you’re right I have my ap us history test this Friday 😬

[@brycecarter8696]

Studying for my PRAXIS certification so I can teach US History myself. Thank you my glorious king.

[@ghaniabush3557]

who in class looking for the answers for this segment

[@KZMProductionsHD]

When you think about it, it wasn't that long ago. Kind of sad, of just how long blacks had to wait. Tisk tisk.

[@KZMProductionsHD]

I'm not affiliated with any political party.

[@randalusa]

***** 1. Black on white crime is 10 times the reverse rate. If you call reporting FBI statistics and abundant evidence hateful, then they've already got your heart. 2. The knockout game video is real. Whether you find me depresing is irrelevant. My own experience was not meant to play on anecdotal evidence or elicit sympathy. It was to demonstrate that I have both personal and research evidence. More than just the one racist assault by blacks too, by the way. 3. It is irresponsible to report 400 years of blacks being mistreated without telling about how at the same time in Africa they were themselves doing some mighty big mistreating. Same goes with Arabs, Portuguese, Brits, Chinese. Get the trend here? Your 400 years are the same numbers mentioned by the professional liars, ALWAYS out of context to the rest of human hatred at the same time. 4. The liberal liars who control ABC, NBC, NPR and CBS (NY Times too) ARE atheist. Don't take that to mean I believe there is a necessary correlative between lying and believing in the religion of atheism. I don't. 5. I mention liberal because most conservatives long ago began obtaining information from reliable sources. Thus, there is a reasonable likelihood that much of the Crash Course audience IS liberal, albeit with some fairly ignorant conservatives mixed in, plus those pesky moderates who lack enough knowledge to even make a decision. 6. No way do I point out black slave OWNERS to dismiss what some whites in this country did to 5% of all the African slaves. Rather, my goal is to fill in the gaps because the professional liars in the atheist liberal media intentionallly deceive their audiences by leaving that out. Otherwise, we are in agreement. Hatred and control over the lives of others is deplorable. Yet the entire world has been taught to bash whitey during the last 50 years of propaganda. SOMEBODY has to stand up and begin setting matters straight. I am pleased to be one of a small crowd who have begun taking on that chore, plus other chores. 7. You are mistaken in thinking I have no ability to differentiate blacks who retain control over their own minds from the the ones who allowed themselves to be overpowered with hatred based on years of brainwashing. And they ARE scary. Even rational blacks will confess being scared. If you are not, then I highly recommend staying off urban streets at night because lots of folks have been recommending serious vigilence in those areas. I also spent 6 months living in downtown Cincinnati and half a year managing a construction project near south-central Los Angeles (of Rodney King riots fame). It IS a freaky ambiance to be around. Don't kid yourself. Even the racist Chris Rock will tell you about the types I am talking about. So why do I generalize them? Actuallly, they generalize themselves by voting for the Satanic Democrats at the rate of 95 percent. Stunning. How could any group in THAT huge of a percentage be either dumb enough or Marxist enough to license those thugs to steal from the American people? As for the 5 percent, great. I would have CHEERED all the way driving down to vote for Herman Cain because he isn't a liberal airhead dumb enough to vote for lying thieves to destroy America. 8. We can all come to closer agreement about who the liars are thanks to diligent and vigilent and amazing operations like Media Research Center (MRC.org), daily performing surgery on what the liars at ABC, NBC, NPR and CBS report. 9. I can be changed. The problem is that the things stated by me are not just robotic rants learned from talk radio programs. I have poured over the stuff for decades, even written a book (unpublished), began making videos last year, read numerous books and TESTED the allegations of both sides. I don't WANT to be a critic just to be some ranting self-righteous arrogant creep. The problem is that we really ARE being confronted by the types described by me. Here, I will give you a much more calm delivery of the same ideas from a different voice (okay, more than one): A. The "Know Your Enemy" series here on youtube. B. Kent Hovind's "100 Scientific Reasons Why Evolution is Stupid." C. Living Waters from Ray Comfort D. Chuck Missler E. Ravi Zacharias F. Stuff from PJ Media You sound like a thoughtful guy. Let me request that you try trusting me just enough to sample some of the teachers listed above. Cheers.

[@willfairweather177]

***** Are you actually serious? :D I'm sorry you actually sound so stupid I'm starting to think this a clever satire xD You sir are very funny :D

[@linzzyy]

***** moron

[@kageryu311]

***** I think you left your white hood at home....

[@SamiAbK]

Don't you find it strange that too often we think as Americans, Black, Latinos, Whites, Muslims, Jews, Christians, Catholics, Gay, Straights, ext., but rarely do we ever think as humans.

[@ignoreallpastcommentsforth8271]

and that's why we have science

[@scifigrl92]

why did America believe in equal opportunity if they didn't actually provide it

[@EnigmaHood]

+Jenny Liebowitz Because when they said that, they really just meant for it to apply to white males. They never considered blacks human in the first place, they treated them like chattle.

[@martinledermann1862]

+EnigmaHood Not everybody did as many of the people who fought for the black rights were actually white themselves. In fact if it weren't for those white people who sided with the black community, we wouldn't see so many positive changes that have happened over the decades.

[@EnigmaHood]

Martin Ledermann I never said white people didn't fight for black rights so that's a complete strawman. I said the people who said "that" only meant it for white males. Learn to read.

[@martinledermann1862]

EnigmaHood You used the "they" pronoun all the time as if it was meant to apply to all "white males" as you yourself put it and not just to they ones who said "that". Before you start commanding others to "learn to read", maybe you should start expressing yourself in a more precise and less ambiguous manner.

[@martinledermann1862]

Gargle Diggs You shouldn't be posting such blatantly racist comments under a bloody educational video...

[@louisiananlord17]

We march together: Jews, Catholics, Protestants for dignity and brotherhood for all men under God!!!

[@The__Creeper]

What about the Muslims? What about the Eastern-Orthodox Christians?

[@louisiananlord17]

We march with them too! ;)

[@joelnilsson2087]

And atheists ;)

[@louisiananlord17]

And agnostics. ;)

[@Mateo-oq7ui]

Pretty much everyone (unless they worship Satan, in that case fuck them).

[@globe999]

I can't wait to watch this channel when I'm 50 years older and remembering how things used to be.

[@supatvshowuploader]

Let's just hope the internet/youtube/this channel/ are still around in 50 years... lol

[@triggertrettv]

who else is here because school is canceled

[@ate307]

i mean i'd like but youre at 69 likes

[@triggertrettv]

Ronald Clark lmmaaoooooo

[@khadeejakhadeeja3689]

Me

[@Shmup_Art]

I was only here because the video was part of my assignment xD

[@triggertrettv]

@@Shmup_Art fax ended up giving up next week

[@estefaniabedo2615]

Hi, i'm from Mexico City . On saturday i have final exam of U.S History, and these videos really helped me to understand and memorize American Hisotory. Even though my teacher graduated from Harvard, you did everything clearer. Thanks a lot.

[@russellprophet]

I'm a black man from Mississippi and when I was in high school ( in the 90's) there were less than 10 white students in a public high school, that I attended, of about 1,300 students. It seems to me, at least in Mississippi, that defacto , I hope I spelled that right, segregation is still alive and well.

[@michelllewade]

This is too real. I am a white woman from New England living and teaching in a school district in South Carolina where all of the students who attend the high school are black despite supposed integration - all of the white students attend the private school in town.

[@ThePuppyTurtle]

De facto is two words, since you asked.

[@EmperorTikacuti]

Now among my people who are Hispanos.

[@russellprophet]

michelllewade This seems to be the trend in a lot of southern schools.

[@russellprophet]

***** Thank you for the info.

[@jasmineamoore]

This is a legitimately good video. I'm going to use it in my US History B class this year!

[@masoodgilani3926]

You helped me pass my Grade 12 final Thanks!

[@lolwowomg14]

me to thanks

[@kamogelomaile]

This is why I’m here lol - to pass😂💔

[@crashcourse]

We're in the studio shooting CrashCourse right now. Did you catch last week's episode of Crash Course US History about Civil Rights?Civil Rights and the 1950s: Crash Course US History #39

[@The__Creeper]

No, I was too busy telling white people to stop hating themselves for being white.

[@benjaminzook9916]

Howdy! So I am a huge history buff and am absolutely in love with the Crash Course History. I think its fabulous that you devote so much of your time to education and history :) Unfortunately I imagine CC U.S. history will be drawing to a close here soon. I certainly hope you continue doing other CC histories (I can't imagine you not) So I would like to make a couple of suggestions. Perhaps Crash Course Britain History, Roman History, Russian History, Islamic History. Thanks :)

[@The__Creeper]

Benjamin Zook We already went over the green parts of Not America.

[@benjaminzook9916]

Haha, yes we did, but it was too brief.

[@The__Creeper]

Benjamin Zook That's all you need to know.

[@Nnnejra]

I love how entertaining and clever you are in passing on knowledge, but what I like most is how objectively you can explain such complicated subjects. Keep ROCKING!

[@Astra_1999]

My US History teacher actually makes assignments based on these videos and we have to complete them by watching this video. I just wanted to let you know that, John.

[@smokedoggy044]

I just learned more in 12 minutes then in my 1 1/2 hour history class.

[@bbdlcn]

Anyone here bc you actually like history and want to learn more about these issues

[@danheidel]

I must say John, pulling your head back to make a double chin during the Burger King segment was a nice touch.

[@abbeyyates123]

I legitimately LOL'ed when I saw the text box next to Dwight Eisenhower that said "I am never wrong, I am always Dwight." Crash Course, you never cease to intellectually entertain me.

[@mrcoolpants123]

Thank you Martin Luther King Jr.!

[@johnc.5600]

Martin Luther King raped woman...

[@thepinklife]

@@johnc.5600 no he didn't. be quiet. yall are so despereate to ruin his legacy. Let him rest in peace.

[@holden9624]

GREAT videos John. US History AP Exam is tomorrow and doing some last minute review - these videos really help! Keep up the great work, the videos are really enjoyable to watch, not to mention informative!

[@MeepullStewray]

Just learning about the trials African Americans had to face makes my heart sink. God, I do not want anyone to ever go through anything like that again. I'd give my life so that it wouldn't happen again.

[@eliaschevette]

Then stop buying electronics made by slave workers. AKA Apple or Samsung.

[@MeepullStewray]

Luckily I don't buy from either.

[@Viridian02]

@@MeepullStewray and don't eat KitKat. They use child labour

[@dmc009]

Its bad enough to have everyone *think* you're a f*ckin' idiot when you keep your mouth shut. Its a whole new world when you open your mouth and everyone *knows* you're a f*ckin' idiot.

[@DarthW11]

And here we are FIGHTING FOR A BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS AGAIN IN 2020

[@deviljoes]

Sliding into your dm's like "Hi I'm John Green"

[@BizzareJungle13]

Hey all Scott here

[@Viridian02]

@@BizzareJungle13 Both of your comments are friggin pointless man wtf

[@BrianHutzellMusic]

A topic like civil rights certainly brings out the trolls. Thank you, John Green and Crash Course, for providing a valuable educational series. Intercourse the trolls! And, since the Scottsboro Boys case was mentioned briefly in this episode, I will here recommend Kander & Ebb’s musical “The Scottsboro Boys,” which is based on the case. The show is not without controversy, but it has helped bring this often forgotten incident to a broader public.

[@shaunaaaah]

"___ decade was great for white men" can be applied to just about any decade, and when it wasn't it was significantly worse for everyone else. Let's try not to forget this.

[@lilldavid6903]

You know who have/had/probably always will have? Rich Men.

[@The__Creeper]

Yes, because everyone knows that just because you're white, your life has been so easy. I mean people like Obama have it so tough just because their darker. Have you ever seen a starving white man? Pssh, no. They're all living in the lap of luxury lightning cigars with 100 dollar bills.

[@hollyhollems4234]

The Creeper Point of fact: There are a hell of a lot more starving people of color and women than white men. No one's saying that no white men ever have anything bad happen to them or that every white man's life is great. But as a demographic group, white men have much, much better lives than other people. They've never been considered property due entirely to their body. They're vastly over-represented in politics, media and fortune 500 owners. Studies have shown that simply being a white man makes people think better of you, offer you higher pay and give you more chances. Yes, anecdotally, there are exceptions. But the plural of anecdote is not data. P.S. The fact that there are more assassination threats/attempts against Obama than previous presidents AND there are people claiming he's not legitimately president because he was born in Kenya pretty much proves that yes, Obama has it harder than previous Presidents. And yes, before you ask, it is almost certainly due to his being black.

[@The__Creeper]

Holly Booth Well golly gee willikers Batman. Do you think that the reason there are less white people suffering is because THERE ARE LESS WHITE PEOPLE? Also, your statement only applies on a global scale. Clearly in areas with larger concentration of white people, there are more white people suffering. Also, your statement about being a white man and getting more chances only applies in places where Europeans ruled. For instance in Japan, you don't get shit for being white. They hate everyone who isn't Japanese. At least in America everyone has a chance. As for Obama, threats do not equate to attempts. In 2009 the Secret Service stated that the volume of threats against Obama was "comparable to that under George W. Bush and Bill Clinton." Now kindly, shut the fuck up. Your ignorant little white ass is annoying.

[@BadgerPride89]

The Creeper .....I mean, it's not like black men earn .73 for every dollar white men make at comparable jobs, black women earn .63, Latino men .58, and Latina women .53. But, no, really, it's all in our heads that minorities do more poorly than the average white person. It's not like a greater proportion of each of the black and Latino communities are worse off than the proportion of the white community. It's not like minorities go to prison more often and for longer than white people do for the same crime. It's not like a white-passing man can shoot an unarmed teenager and be acquitted while a black woman fires a warning shot near her abusive ex (hurting nobody) and gets twenty years. That never happens; it's all in our heads that white people have it easier in America than minorities.

[@imhere304]

Hank is still my favorite brother. Who am i kidding you two brothers make my day better.

[@abbyji1666]

Martin Luther King Jr. was a real hero.

[@cyberblunt]

Gave me a tear at the end. I believe in the US Constitution.

[@icampos89]

ALL men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. It is a shame that it took so long for this country to live up to these ideals.

[@bullrun2772]

Yay but by then end it was better then it was at the start

[@amelialalllalala3914]

@G OA lol what

[@bryivlogs]

As someone with ADHD this is super helpful to get my schoolwork done, thanks so much for these videos

[@georginaphelps8287]

I really love my gcse history spec, because one of the things we're covering right now is youth culture from 1930-2000 and the other day we got to spend a whole period listening to tracks from each of those decades and makes notes on the popular genres and artists and the social context. We spent a lot of time afterwards on the 50s which was so cool.

[@LadyJuse]

I would love to just study the 50's. It has always been a decade that has fascinated me.

[@PhillipMoxley]

Holy shit, I'm up to date with Crash Course... now what am I going to watch during lunch breaks?

[@juliag.2150]

Thanks! You helped me a lot by making this video. I am going to write an english test tomorrow in my english class about Martin Luther King and Malcom X. Greetings from Germany! :)

[@leahdooley9542]

I totally got the mystery document this week and I'm proud of myself

[@mindaday]

Thank you for all your videos, I've learned so much over the last couple of months. You, your brother and the creative people behide the scenes are f'ing GREAT!!!!!

[@howarthe1]

John says: '...at least the federal government showed that it wouldn't allow states to ignore court orders about the Constitution." (10:25) It sounds very obvious today, but it wasn't always. President Jackson refused to enforce Worcester v. Georgia (1832) which lead the forcible removal of the Cherokee from Georgia to Oklahoma.

[@TheMonolith20001]

I think that was less about Federal vs State power and more about no one liking the Cherokee and really wishing they'd just go away. I mean Jackson did confront South Carolina over the nullification crisis,

[@howarthe1]

Exactly, Jackson did whatever he wanted. If it supported the Constitution, fine. If not, that was okay, too. What a tyrant!

[@SuperGreatjob]

This episode really provided some good insight in the mentality of people in the 50's. I can really see how this decade brought in the rise of Science Fiction and dystopia stories from people like George Orwell and Ray Bradbury. The seemingly perfect lives masking inequality and fear of speaking out, are all elements that show up in the Science Fiction of the 50's and 60's.

[@bullrun2772]

Ben Hyclak yay but read the comments there are a lot really idiot people

[@TheNicolocomd]

I believe that one of the biggest lies told now is that the Civil Rights movement achieved what it set out to do. I don't think that battle is won yet and I think that there is still a huge need for social activism now days. It isn't enough for the system to acknowledge its broken and fixed. There is still a wide gap between minorities, that need to be addressed from both sides; a change in culture and an institutional one.

[@NatLawrenceMusic]

I agree. Martin Luther King's last march was not about integration or even about legal rights. It was about poverty and inequality amongst all Americans. If he had survived I believe the Civil Rights conversation would have shifted from simply Black-White, to the more broad divide of Rich-Poor, but instead he was assassinated and nobody has adequately picked up the torch. I think his death was a big reason the US failed to hold onto the equal wealth distribution and giant middle class it had during the 50s and 60s

[@smeezball]

"If I'm wrong, I get shocked" is the best part of this show. Flex that knowledge 😂

[@kleokriesel]

where's Malcolm X?

[@jamique]

and all the acts passed

[@leokennedy7624]

K K On your mind

[@juanogando1901]

MsUsagi513 they cover the fluffy stuff to trick people into thinking violence didn’t make this happen. When lynching and unjust murder of black citizens was the reason why the CIVIL RIGHTS happened. Keep thinking it was bathrooms and schools. Sure, it wasn’t you know the death of Emitt Till and the countless black men who were just like him. Keep believing the lie tho. It’s nice and fluffy and easy to deal with.

[@Saturaz]

Mainly because these videos cover the educational section taught in schools. You are not required to learn about Malcom X for most course sections.

[@amelialalllalala3914]

@Bowie Altland loool XD that was the best replyy

[@OverwhelmingQuestion]

I love the way John always sounds so surprised when it's time for the mystery document!

[@TenaGordon]

4:06 ya mean when the white mainstream "discovered" rock n roll from black ppl

[@89Kele]

Damn right

[@teddyn240]

More like adopted

[@xeagaort]

That's not entirely true but I kinda see your point.

[@fotm07]

rock was mostly black but there were definitely some key white people too like jerry lee lewis

[@asanteamin9321]

Yep,.....Little Richard, one of the architects of Rock and Roll maintains til this day that the black originators have never been given their proper credit in word or financially.....

[@samanthawo9632]

words cant express how much i love this guy. God must have been really happy when he created him

[@hellothere4485]

*JUSTICE* FOR *FLOYD* *JUSTICE* FOR *BLACK LIVES*

[@blargennflargen]

Holy crap I got to the end of the playlist .... WHAT DO I DO?! History didn't prepare me for this!

[@HUSTLER-AT-HEART]

Anybody here just to learn for self and not school ..

[@SensicalOxymoron]

I am excited for the '60s episodes.

[@valzod3808]

Note to John: the american civil rights campaign actually started in the late 1800s. Some of the first civil right leaders were, booker t. Washington, w.e.b. dubois(yeah they had opposing views but they were leaders iin their own right not to far from mlk and a younger and narrow miinded malcolm, p.s. he grrew up and his last disposition was closer to mlk's) and marcus garvey and whole slough of others. The time your discusing; the 1950-69 era, was actually the end of the civil rights movement if you add the 70s. To say it started in the 1950s is to cut off at least 70 years of work put in by people frrom all kiinds of cultures and backgrounds. I know your doing a time piece and this time is the turning point for the movement with the introduction of that double edged sword known as the t.v. in which americans were granted an eye into the horrors their country was commiting but please recognize that this is not the beginning but the near the end. Thanks. I didn't forget to be awesome and neither should you

[@richielomas9564]

He touched on that, saying that African Americans had been fighting for their rights for decades. To quote him, "Even before [world war ii] Black Americans had been fighting for equal rights, it's just that in the 1950s, they started to win" In fact, in the Slavery video, he makes clear that African Americans never passively accepted their condition, but were always resisting in subtle and non-subtle ways.

[@Bloodmuffin6]

Equal rights for all americans regardless of race may be codified in law, but it's still far from reality in society. The work of the civil rights movement isn't nearly over.

[@richielomas9564]

Birdeaor John and I said they were winning. we never said they won. Likely as not, we never will, as the human tendency toward xenophobia and ethnocentrism will make it impossible to stamp out racism completely. But one see the civil rights movement of the 50s and 60s in the light one might view victory over the Nazis. Did we end anti-semitism? No. Did we even end Nazism? No. But we one a battle against anti-semitism and eugenics so decisive, that while such ideologies might linger at the edges of society and consciousness forever, we can hope that they will never have the influence they once enjoyed. Our campaigns against employment bias, subtle voter discrimination, and everyday racially motivated social aggression may never end, but thanks to the civil rights movements of the 50s and 60s, we may never have to worry about Jim Crow and atrocities of similar magnitude ever again. If not a final victory, it is definitely an important one.

[@Bloodmuffin6]

Yep, I was mostly responding to Jason's idea that the civil rights movement ended in the 70s. Definitely been impressed by John's coverage of social justice movements in this series.

[@thwalmsley]

I do believe Booker T Washington and others were covered in an earlier episode that looked at their period of history. That time isn't ignored, it just isn't in this episode.

[@JenniferHeartsong]

Emmett Till also played a huge part on civil rights

[@ZipplyZane]

Guys, stop responding to randalusa. All you are doing is moving his crap up in the comments. It doesn't take all that long to figure out that he's a bigot. He's actually treating white people and black people as monolithic entities, and is defending one race over another. That's racism. And he also says that he believes that every major news source is in on a conspiracy. He's thus not capable of being rationally convinced otherwise. If you ever come up with a good argument, you are just part of the conspiracy. These types of people cannot be convinced. And, yes, I am disabling replies so that he will not be able to bump this thread up either with his filth. Leave him alone. EDIT: Just noticed he mentioned demons in there, too. So dude isn't above hijacking Christianity to his racist viewpoint. Do you really think you can convince him?

[@bullrun2772]

ZipplyZane yes

[@skadmaersk]

Bananer

[@furkanykilmz9383]

Who is here after George Floyd??

[@amelialalllalala3914]

nahh school

[@amelialalllalala3914]

i mean... i guess i am here after, but not because of...

[@Internationalcenterforgeopolic]

Kool-Aid Man only you

[@ahmad4624]

ME

[@zlatko8051]

God help us if cops can just simply shoot anyone they see

[@HigurashiMerlin]

Rosa Park is actually only one the many people to refused to move to the back of the bus. The first was Claudette Colvin.

[@katefarleyy1]

Wow, the auto industry absolutely changed the economy. I also like when he mentioned the key problem and said we believed in equal opportunity, but didn't actually provide it.

[@zizkazenit7885]

Thanks John, for calling it the "Confederate battle flag". Most people don't realize that the iconic Confederate Jack *wasn't* the flag of the Confederate States of America. It was the flag of the Confederate *military*. People in our country fly the flag of the Confederate military. Just think about that.

[@skaduskitai8721]

About that I have to ask. Do the different states in the US have their own flags?

[@liahna89]

Skadu Skitai Yes, every state has their own flag. Like the four nations of the UK have their own flags and than have a flag for the United Kingdom

[@krim7]

Skadu Skitai Every state has their own flag. The majority are pretty boring but there are some cool ones (like Hawaii's, Ohio's and Alaska's).

[@JogInTheFog]

***** The Texas flag is pretty iconic, lending the nickname "The Lone Star State."

[@Imjustasimpleman5310]

liahna89 England, Scotland, and Wales have their own flags, but for some reason Northern Ireland has not had an official flag since 1972.

[@Pilotguy251HC]

Funny how you did this while we are studying this in Mississippi Studies!! Really helps.

[@dreamihad]

No Ron Paul libertarians whining about how the Civil Rights act was horribly unfair , thanks you tube I have a wee bit of faith in humanity!

[@isogyro6705]

Thank you for helping me with my finals.

[@elizabethsmith6477]

Thanks for helping me write my essay on the 1950s John!

[@ryanhealy9003]

Thank You for helping me study for my History 1302 Unit 4 Test John and the entire team who makes these videos possible

[@InXLsisDeo]

Rosa Parks "failed the literacy test 3 times". It's worth noting that it involved writing down the entire Constitution without error by heart and was administered only to black people. I don't think many Americans would pass this test, let alone the many who only know the 2nd amendment.

[@piedpepper3380]

I just wish he would have mentioned Claudette Colvin just once. I read a book about her for an English assignment a few years ago, and it is, to this day, my favorite book I have ever had to read for school.

[@wolnygedeon9203]

Only quarantine"school closed"would send me here!

[@livywoodward8666]

Please please can you do a video on Thatcherism in the UK? I LOVE your videos, they help with my revision so much! We had a modual on Thatcher that was taught terribly last year and my whole class is struggling to teach ourselves, I've got them all watching your videos for the American topics and a couple on British History would be amazing!

[@jsmith3011992]

As a Brit there are many things I admire about the USA but the period of segregation and racism is a horrible stain on its recent history and I can't help but feel a pang of pride that such a thing never happened in Britain. Theres a wonderful true story about British reactions to segregation of American troops stationed in Britain preparing for D-Day. A investigation was launched to see how American troops and British civilians were getting along and one investigator went into a local pub not far from an American base, and he asked the landlady if there had been any problems, any fights that sort of thing between the troops and the locals. The landlady replied "oh no, lovely fellows they are, nice to all the girls always quick to buy a round" etc etc. "really?" replied the investigator, "no problems at all?" "Oh no they're wonderful" said the landlady dreamily. "Are you absolutely sure?" demanded the Investigator. "Well..", the landlady said, "there is one thing…" "Yes, what is it?" Inquired the investigator. "Well I don't want to cause a fuss", said the landlady timidly, " I like the Americans very much but I don't much care for the white ones they brought along with them…" I love that story.

[@jsmith3011992]

Lucas Hanson I don't remember saying anything like that at all, I simply remarked that there was never racial segregation in Britain and then went on to tell a somewhat amusing story. I make no pretensions about Britain's Imperial History but what I do argue for is the average British persons natural aversion to racism, militarism and our good sense when consulted on matters of racism. Lets not forgot it was British money that paid for the freeing of Frederick Douglass and many others from slavery.

[@LeoMidori]

Odysseus Ulysses The problem is that you sorta overlook the fact that there are the Irish, Scottish and Welsh who don't seem fond of being ruled over by the English monarchy and it's not as if there wasn't infighting within your country over such issues.

[@DogsBAwesome]

Leo Howler Scotland gave up their sovereignty and independence in 1707 because they were basically bankrupt due to ineptitude They have a chance to vote for independence next year and the signs are most Scottish people are quite happy to be part of the Union or they think independence will ruin Scotland. The Irish question is complicated and the welsh???

[@XLR108]

Odysseus Ulysses Perhaps not racial segregation but britain hardly treated some of the colonies with respect. In particular ireland.

[@Thorntonian]

Simon Boyne Considering that those protests eventually evolved into the IRA, it's hardly a good-v-evil situation. As a brit myself i understand my country hardly has a perfect history (or present). But if you study the rhetoric of 20th century american and brit politicians, there is a clear difference towards opinions of immigrants, non-whites and segregation.

[@crashcabinet]

I recon that a Crash Course Uk history would be interesting as many people out side the uk don't know much.

[@flagcoco69]

I just have to say this here, I'd made a video about this if I wasn't so unphotogenic. Race is one of the great bullshit stories in world history, because race doesn't exist. Aside from very superficial differences, all human beings are born alike. Race is a manmade construct, created to keep us separated. The sooner people realize that there's inherently nothing different between us, the sooner we can all move on as a species. I'm hoping Mr. Greene will consider a video devoted solely to race, because it seems, though the concept of race is reliant on lies, it's been a prime motivation in human history, in my opinion an unnecessary motivation. It's incredibly easy for me to say this in the 21st Century, being a pasty white guy who grew up in a particular place where we didn't care what color you were, we just cared if your Mom would let you play football with the rest of us on Saturday afternoons. I didn't care about race, I still don't, and the more time that wears on me, I'm reinforced in that notion. Race is a false rationale one gives to a situation to either legitimize hate or to try to give reason behind an unreasonable cruelty. The truth of the matter is, haters are gonna hate, and for the dumbest of haters, going at someone for the color of their skin is pretty obvious and downright lazy. I'm sure there's a troll or two out there--Mr. Greene would call him an asshat--who will say something incredibly ignorant to get under people's skin. Thunder away. I know none of them would have the courage to say such things in public, the anonymity of the Internet allows so many people the chance at keyboard courage. Just understand that, the more you push this agenda that there are indeed races and because they're different, there's inherently races better than others, the more you protract your argument, the more ridiculous it because, the less sense it makes, and once it's all unravelled, you always come to the same conclusion, that you just spent your time and energy trying to justify an outmoded line of thinking that only makes you look like a fool. Fire away if you want to play jester for the rest of us.

[@xYAFusRoMamaYAx]

Exactly so! However I don't think race is an inherently *evil* concept, while it tends towards division and negativity, the human rationale tends towards differentiating yourself from others, and skin color is very easy to differentiate between. This does not apply only to race, most prejudices are born of basic human differentiation, which, like generalization, helps humans understand an otherwise vast and unfathomable world. However in the information age, the majority of peoples should understand that all humans are equal, even if they hold prejudices. It is unreasonable to want to eliminate prejudice, however it is almost axiomatic to want people to know that they are equal. I don't know how to articulate it

[@xYAFusRoMamaYAx]

***** I was more trying to say that the concept of race is not a legitimate reason to discriminate between others in a harmful way. Also I never really said there was no such thing as race, I believe that was more of the main idea in the original post by Flag Coco

[@xYAFusRoMamaYAx]

***** ok

[@alexanderpoopslie9129]

That's dumb

[@oddestcat7717]

Depends on your point of view.

[@shaolin6]

this is still gold 6 years later.

[@thisisnancybot]

I am SO EXCITED for the next episode.

[@RimazAboelgasim]

I have literally watched the civil rights videos 1000 times... No joke. Amazing. It totally helped me with my essays in GCSE

[@shreyasutariya2697]

understood the Calhoun reference, success!

[@madisongordon1921]

JOHN GREEN MAKES ME HAPPY

[@MestizaMetaphor]

Alabama only TODAY granted a posthumous pardon to the Scottsboro boys. ONLY TODAY, PEOPLE. That's 80 freaking years!!!

[@Deladus]

To be fair, Mississippi just ratified the 13th amendment in February 2013 due to a clerical error and it only took them 148 years (ignoring the clerical error they approved it in 1995 which is a mere 130 years late).

[@EmperorTikacuti]

What does it mean in the policy?

[@drewfsu1]

set assistant's hands pushing the fireplace AND camera guy's tube socks reflected in the glass??!! What a show haha

[@tarasardana1836]

This video is amazing! I have a project on a few of these similar topics and this really helps me understand this situation. Would love to see more of your videos! Keep up the great work!

[@Chelnaka]

At 2:45 when thought-bubble John gets teary eyed when his "girlfriend" disappears, I actually felt a little sad for him! Good episode though!

[@TheFireflyGrave]

Loved this episode. The part on Rosa Parks and the poster at 10:45 got my eyes a little misty.

[@kathrynodonnell4898]

This is a great video!! He explains the 50's very well.

[@delphidelion]

The little portrayal of John reaching for tissue in lieu of a girlfriend... priceless.

[@alextorres5886]

I use these videos for my college courses and they help so very much

[@juanguio5932]

“Hi I’m John Green, this is Crash Course” **crashes in globe**

[@rachelcadle603]

hahaha!!!

[@WWZenaDo]

Excellent video!! It's interesting to think that during most of America's history, average Americans were not in a "middle-class" strata in any way... Also very pertinent to the present situation in America - it sounds like the imbalance of wealth in America today has some historical precedents, & if Americans want to get back to the relative prosperity of the 1950's, that top 1% needs to be legislated into a lower income level.

[@TheReviewSpace]

Back when the middle class actually existed.

[@CPeyser08]

So... I can't stop watching these... Nice work!

[@TheComsicCurator]

And now little rock central high school is one of the most diverse high schools in Arkansas :)

[@geeway5923]

no one gives a friggleberry

[@georgiam00n]

Another win for John Green!

[@NinjaNezumi]

The first half of the decade was a massive wartime recession. This can be seen by the lack of 2 story houses (no they were not the result of the atomic bomb fears as many revisionists tried to claim). You also bypassed the fact that "urbanization" was a result of the Highway and Interstate initiatives (created as a result of the Cold War). The only people who say it was an era of consensus are people who are historical revisionists. The Civil Rights movement began in the early 1900s, and suffered through two major false starts, but did manage several major court victories before the 1950s, it did not begin in the 1950s. It gained a solid foothold in the 1950s. The reason why people say Rosa Parks was tired is because she actually said she was tired in multiple interviews. She was not staging a boycott on that day, nor was she part of the boycott, she attended a "couple of meetings" but "was not serious" by her own account. You can actually do a friggin search on KZbin and find that out through any one of her half dozen interviews that pop up on the search. The complicated issue with Rosa Parks was she was already in the BACK of the bus according to her position. She was technically behind the line. She told the twit who demanded that she move that she wasn't going to. She got pissed off that a white guy asked her to move even FURTHER back. Honest to god, I like you, and I was hoping to post this on my site for my novel - a historical fiction of a black superhero in the 1950s - but you have so much mis-information here it's unbelievable.

[@NinjaNezumi]

I also want to stress I'm not trolling this guy. I like a lot of his videos. I hope it doesn't sound like I'm trashing him. He just got a lot wrong in this video.

[@CplAnguadaEarth]

Sir or Madam, could you mention some sources? I don't mean for the Rosa Parks videos, I can find that myself, but for your initial points. This, while not necessary, would be appreciated.

[@NinjaNezumi]

I charge for my research, CplAnguadaEarth, especially if I were to cover everything that I mentioned here with sources; and believe me, I mentioned a lot, because this video effectively stamped all over 50 years of history (1900s-1950s) by making a video fit for bite sized consumption. These are the topics under which you need to search and study: Cold War Economics Any book covering the Rise and Fall of Joseph McCarthy (1952-1954) The effect of the Catholic run movie blacklists involving McCarthy-ists, Joseph Breen and the Roman Catholic Church (this is what people try to associate with the term - the decade of consensus, it's an entertainment phrase centered around the blacklists of hollywood) Wartime Economics and its Aftereffects The Recession of the 1950s The building of the Highway and Interstate system and its effect on small town America (actually you can find this info with the history of Route 66) The Progressive Bull Moose Party The Riots of the Chicago World Fair The Civil Rights Movement & Early 20th Century America If you want to know where to start in relationship to the civil rights movement and the laws that were used up through the VRA and CRA of '65/'64 respectively (which encompasses a lot more than white and black relations), start with the Hungarian Ghettos and Jane Addams Hull House and work forward In regards to the bs phrase "decade of consensus" being used with the 1950s-- it was a sarcastic phrase generated specifically to slander the entertainment community executives in power during the Blacklists (which ended with Sparticus - and a writer named Dalton Trumbo, who was born in a hick town 20 miles from my hick hometown). That term has since been raped and butchered by old white professors with faulty memories who needed to get a paper published to prove their work in tenure was valuable. Used in this way (to cover the entirety of the 1950s), it's a bullcrap phrase with absolutely nothing to back it, and all you need to do to disprove every paper that mentions that phrase is to go down to the library and read two competing newspapers in publication between the 1950s and 1960s. I should also point out that a great deal upon which this video centered took place between 1957 and 1963. The majority of this country's suburban populace came forth in the early '60s because much of the highways and interstates didn't even involve land development until the late 50s and early 60s.

[@CplAnguadaEarth]

Thank you.

[@NinjaNezumi]

First of all, John was introducing the phrase in the wrong sense, he completely confused the term he was trying to debunk because he confused the idea that it was a term being applied to the entire decade. He completely neglected to compare it in the sense that it was originally intended - a direct description of sarcasm toward the entertainment industry. I have no doubt he believes he is correct, and I also have no doubt he received his information from some moron who got their paper published in a journal without actually doing any amount of research on the issue. I don't blame him or hate him, I just think he needs to start questioning his prime sources of information. Secondly, I have done multiple overviews of the 1950s, I've had to do them in much shorter time than this video, there's even one in my book. I did not have to misrepresent facts or sacrifice historical accuracy to do any of these overviews. The Rosa Parks thing - there is no excuse for that one. I also want to point out my criticisms of this video were very polite, because I like this guy - you, however, missed everything I was making while also butchering the definition of irony. I will not applaud a video of history where nearly half of the entire video is inaccurate. I take history very seriously, and find you a reprehensible individual for suggesting that it's ok to fudge and mis-represent history because of X reason.

[@briannathurston3907]

i love john green cause he’s not ignorant . he’s not just a white guy trying to piece together another race’s history . he is informed and does it right 🙌🏾

[@Normal_Al]

but he called a 100% native american white