School Segregation and Brown v Board: Crash Course Black American History #33

In 1955, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that public schools should be racially integrated, and overturned the separate but equal doctrine established in Plessy v Ferguson decades before. This was made possible by a concerted legal effort spearheaded by the NAACP. Beginning in the 1930s, the NAACP's legal defense fund (led by Thurgood Marshall at the time of the Brown Decision) pursued a strategy of bringing cases to court that would expand the civil rights of Black Americans. This multi-decade effort culminated in the Brown decision, with many other victories along the way.
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VIDEO SOURCES
Rachel Devlin, A Girl Stands at the Door: The Generation of Young Women Who Desegregated America's Schools. New York: Basic Books, 2018.
Justin Driver, The Schoolhouse Gate: Public Education, the Supreme Court, and the Battle for the American Mind. New York: Pantheon Books, 2018.
Charles Ogletree, Jr. All Deliberate Speed: Reflections on the First Half-Century of Brown V. Board of Education. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2004.
James T. Patterson, Brown v. Board of Education: A Civil Rights Milestone and Its Troubled Legacy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002.
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Klarman, Michael J. "How Brown Changed Race Relations: The Backlash Thesis." The Journal of American History 81, no. 1 (1994): 81-118. Accessed July 29, 2021. doi:10.2307/2080994.
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[@pavarottiaardvark3431]

I had NO IDEA that some places totally shut down their systems rather than integrate. Damn.

[@knarf_on_a_bike]

I'm 66. This all happened within my lifetime, basically. Brown v Board was 2 years before I was born. Unbelievable. It's still happening. Unbelievable. 😭😭😭

[@theshevirgo]

My aunt and uncle integrated an elementary school in the 1st grade 2 years after Ruby Bridges the ugliness they experienced and abuse they experienced from ADULTS as 6 year old children is UGLY my aunt, Ruby Bridges are still alive, this is not a long as time ago like folks want to make it seem.

[@LiquorWithJazz]

That last fact, man. Jesus.

[@aaronkneile]

You do such an good job of looking at things holistically. That black teachers suffered because of Brown v. Board of Education is a great example of that. And we have so much further to go as a society. Thank you for everything you do.

[@aleshiawilliams4455]

As a black educator, thank you for this episode.

[@bobcharlie2337]

Closing entire school districts over integration is just shameful.

[@stanforddickson6349]

In school history was boring, I wish I payed more attention. Thanks 🙏 GOD bless you guys and the chat.

[@milesjolly6173]

A major victory for human rights and equality.

[@StephySon]

Segregation is still a major issue in many schools today. While not as blatant and egregious back then, many schools are still segregated

[@chukaman]

This is living history....let us not allow for those who do not know our history to attempt to re-live it. Keep these stories alive.

[@emjaycpe]

Ooph. I'm not ready for the Emmett Till episode. Y'all thought it was bad so far? Just wait.

[@SilentGlaceon94]

Last year, my history class focused on segregation. And boy let me tell you that it took multiple court cases to integrate schools. The resegregation that is going on today is more subtle than the overt segregation from those times. John Oliver did a video about this.

[@jacktowers7533]

I really appreciate how these videos don’t have much fanfare or music to convey the weight of this

[@ikem95]

Imagine not going to school for 5 years during your formative years and then having society demand you be a productive member of it. On the other hand it’s not the first or last time local communities shut down entire community services to prevent black people from using them smh

[@VashdaCrash]

Did seriously nothing changed for segregation in schools for more than sixty years?! I'd be utterly hopeless if it was my country.

[@stanforddickson6349]

Thanks guys. Appreciate this.

[@user-wi9pu1kr7u]

Congratulations for such professional work.. A major victory for human rights and equality..

[@fortnoodepic893]

Man, you just got a new follower. You explained it perfectly!!!

[@BedwarsMan]

Very well put. I needed this

[@karmacalleduvebeenbad2705]

Sir thank you! Mad that we didn’t get taught more about this in public education.

[@yvonneearvin8651]

Awesome series...so informative. 👏🏽

[@windokeluanda]

Congratulations for such professional work.

[@joseluispcr]

this is my favorite crash course but I still watch the episodes litle by litle. Blow my mind but is hard to take

[@feliciatran5667]

I still remember that I learned things about Brown V. Board and school segregation in American History but gave it back to the teacher lol. This needs to be educated more in public schools, like what I read in the comments!! I also think Rosa Parks needs to be educated in public schools these days, more!!

[@Jean-dd1sl]

the alabama constitution, to this day, says that the state has no legal duty to provide an education to its citizens. you can guess who this affects the worst.

[@domispablo7992]

im looking at eisenhower era of america for my a level history and this is really helpful for the civil rights section of that time in america

[@kuntamdc]

This pains me... Staying positive though.

[@VoteBidentoSaveDemocracy]

Many of the key figures in the 1950s Civil Rights movement were WWII veterans tired of the United States lagging behind the rest of the democratic world. Oliver Brown and Medgar Evers are just two examples.

[@cretinhops95]

"schools for white students, on the other hand, often had drastically better resources". The sad thing is that nothing has changed. Sure, segregation isn't a thing anymore, but schools that are primarily white still have access to better resources thanks to school funding coming from taxes and how wealthy an area is. Segregation was technically outlawed, but in practice, a lot of elements of it still exist thanks to a corrupt, broken system.

[@QT5656]

Well told! 👏👏👏

[@bravowithlove9927]

Those pictures of the segregationist protesters gave an eerie resemblance to trump supporters

[@C4rol5791]

Thank you for the video! School never taught us that

[@malic_zarith]

It's crazy how much unthinkable racist stuff was acceptable less than 100 years ago.

[@orsbot877]

I had to pause the damn video when they brought up schools shutting themselves down rather than integrating, that gave me a shock.

[@jasmineglass8935]

I'ma need more people to come and look at this

[@teen-at-heart]

One thing I’d like to know (even if it’s not important)…what was that incident, when the national guard had to make sure black children could go to a white school? I remember this scene from ‘Forrest Gump’ so vividly. I always thought it was connected to the Brown v. Board of Education case. :)

[@user-qo4qv1pt2i]

thats crazy

[@Thejericko17]

Shut down whole school districts! White people were big mad 🙄🤦🏾.

[@KristiContemplates]

Is Crash Course going to do North American First Nations' history? I'd like to know more about this topic

[@alexfrancis2858]

This comment won’t gain a lot of traction, but I believe it’s unwise to discount the efforts of the civil rights movement with phrases like “schools today are as segregated as they were in the late 1960’s.” I am confused as to why someone would say something like this. The video was a great help for a U.S. Gov student. Thank you guys.

[@YS-bl3nt]

who is Thurgood Marshalls team ?

[@ElectrickSoundz]

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