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

[@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.

[@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. 😭😭😭

[@pavarottiaardvark3431]

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

[@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.

[@LiquorWithJazz]

That last fact, man. Jesus.

[@eccentricsoul08]

As a black educator, thank you for this episode.

[@StephySon]

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

[@milesjolly6173]

A major victory for human rights and equality.

[@bobcharlie2337]

Closing entire school districts over integration is just shameful.

[@jacktowers7533]

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

[@stanforddickson6349]

Thanks guys. Appreciate this.

[@stanforddickson6349]

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

[@emjaycpe]

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

[@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.

[@fortnoodepic893]

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

[@RobinWyatt-w1u]

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

[@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

[@yvonneearvin8651]

Awesome series...so informative. 👏🏽

[@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.

[@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.

[@VashdaCrash]

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

[@BedwarsMan]

Very well put. I needed this

[@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.

[@windokeluanda]

Congratulations for such professional work.

[@Newton-Reuther]

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.

[@karmacalleduvebeenbad2705]

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

[@QT5656]

Well told! 👏👏👏

[@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!!

[@joseluispcr]

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

[@malic_zarith]

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

[@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

[@orsbot877]

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

[@kuntamdc]

This pains me... Staying positive though.

[@C4rol5791]

Thank you for the video! School never taught us that

[@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.

[@Thejericko17]

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

[@AlexanderAlvarez-j4r]

thats crazy

[@Thingthatsits8935]

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

[@bravowithlove9927]

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

[@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. :)

[@KristiContemplates]

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

[@ElectrickSoundz]

Go ahead thank the rx7club

[@YS-bl3nt]

who is Thurgood Marshalls team ?