The Little Rock Nine Take on Segregation in Schools (feat. Amandla Stenberg) - Drunk History

[@ancienthumortracer4000]

‘can not point out enough that they were children’ That got me 🙌🏼

[@jamilabaker7866]

💔

[@ronjazigler3584]

Ditto. Children shouldn't have to take on these burdens. I can only imagine what sort of ptsd, or at the very least years of therapy, they must have come out of that with.

[@vixonus4982]

It got me too. My god, seeing the hateful expressions of the white people towards CHILDREN. Who were probably so scared... god it makes me cry. They didn’t and don’t deserve that hate. These were horrible people who I hope are rotting in hell. No remorse

[@ancienthumortracer4000]

Vixonus yeah I agree, and the scary thing is about your comment is 1957 wasn’t that long ago, those hate filled people are probably some of our friends beloved grandmothers & grandfathers. Which is a feeling that makes me honestly pretty sick, we can only hope they are filled with guilt & shame and grew up and out of that hateful way of thinking. ♥️

[@LeenaStark]

@@ancienthumortracer4000 I remember being in the 4th grade, and our teacher had given us an assignment to write regarding *Racism* ; My immediate " go to " was a song that had impacted me from this old movie my mom and I had watched one night. It was an old musical film classic called " *South Pacific* " ( _and I recommend everyone watch it_ ) ; although the film attempts to come off as a _lighthearted musical_ , the underlying connotations heavily relied on *racism* . Here are the lyrics to the song which really sealed the overall theme of the film : You've got to be taught To hate and fear, You've got to be taught From year to year, It's got to be drummed In your dear little ear You've got to be carefully taught. You've got to be taught to be afraid Of people whose _eyes are oddly made,_ And people whose _skin is a diff'rent shade,_ You've got to be carefully taught. You've got to be taught before it's too late, _Before you are six or seven or eight,_ _To hate all the people your relatives hate,_ You've got to be carefully taught! ---------------O----------- Yes, *youve got to be CAREFULLY taught to HATE all the people your RELATIVES hate* - Prejudice and Racism occur AFTER we are born. :) Song from the film @ kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIHJZ3yKqM-mnc0

[@-Secret]

"We dont know exactly why we hate you. We just know its something our parents handed down to us to leave at their best interest" 😂

[@camilagrijalva4109]

It's so frickn ridiculous it's almost kinda hilarious.... unless your not white LMAO 🤣 X-D

[@irisjackson2193]

Lol..bcuz yeshua was hung from a tree. Lmao!!!! Lol this is funny

[@melaniegonzalezart8506]

@@irisjackson2193 what?

[@C-Lyfe85]

@@pluckyou White racist fear integration. Simply for the fact. They don't want their daughters being impregnated by their perceived enemies. Ironically, everywhere they colonize, the first thing they do, is impregnate the enemy's woman.

[@C-Lyfe85]

@Lei P Not really, you troll. We are not genetically recessive, you are. Take that, devil! But I am glad you agree with My original comment.

[@tophat1918]

“Cannot point out enough that they were children.” Yep.

[@braxtonsmom4sm]

If anyone is ever to blame for childrens racist behaviors....the blame is to the parents. Racists aren't born they are taught. Not all children were taught by their parents that it is okay to treat others bad because of their differences, because their parents parents didn't teach them that....so on and so forth. The best way to stop racisim....is to quit teaching it.

[@B727X]

@@braxtonsmom4smprejudice is inherent as humans are inherently tribal and it is an ingrained survival mechanism. Similar to the traumas passed down from Holocaust survivors they found it even in someone adopted. However a belief in supremacy, definitely something taught.

[@SourThenSpicy]

Elizabeth Eckford is still alive. She is 78 years old and forever traumatized by this experience. Do not let them make you believe this was that long ago. Elizabeth Eckford, and so many other older black Americans, are still alive and have to continue to be traumatized by the continued racism in the U.S..

[@dinodino5602]

!

[@Nada_fr]

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@franklyi7530]

Exactly

[@smooshiesmommy5842]

It's the anniversary of the 1st attempt

[@vbulls5648]

I met Elzabeth Eckford and she spoke about food being thrown at her in cafeteria and just the hallways and you could TELL it still bothered her

[@whoami5960]

"The blacketiest black black that ever blacked and IT IS BLACKENING UP MY SOUL!" lmaoo

[@radandfantab]

Amandla Stenberg : *Throws up wakanda forever sign*

[@kaayaesthetic8292]

Run Times *black power not wakanda

[@SaneCaribbeanAtheist78]

I cracked up when she said that.

[@TheArtofBeingReacts]

Love that!!!

[@embracethebright1587]

@@kaayaesthetic8292 Wrong. the black power was the single fist in the air. fist crossed IS for Wakanda.

[@verycontroversial4u]

I’m from Little Rock and my freshman year marked their 50th anniversary! I was so proud to be able to attend Central because of the nine courageous people 🙏🏽

[@NoahBS_]

It was going to happen eventually, just because nine attended didn't mean the entirety of the African American population was able to attend those schools

[@risaleigh3269]

@@NoahBS_ You just don't get it, do you?

[@perishashah7377]

@@NoahBS_ someone had to be the first and they were the first. It doesn't matter if it was going to happen eventually, they made the steps to make it happen right then and there. The fact that it wasn't happening in the first place is still bizarre.

[@merylsilverburgh8081]

[@JulietRoseCapulet777]

That’s awesome dude! Super cool you got to experience that your freshman year!!! 👍👍❤️❤️

[@jamaicafox]

Mad respect to all my black sisters and brothers who came before me and stood up to racism in ways that I cannot fathom facing today. The insults, offenses and injuries to your bodies, minds, lives, and humanity is something I'll never know and it's all thanks to you. Thank you for exhibiting strength and resilience. Thank you for doing the work and allowing me to live in a better society...albeit, one that is still filled with racism, but far easier to navigate and experience within a black body. You are heroes. You saved future generations from indignity and brutality (things still experienced today, but in a far less pervasive manner). The country is still filled with racism, but I got to grow up never having to cross to the other side of the street for a white person, never having to bow my head at a white person, never having to use a separate entrance to a building, and never having to sit at the back of a bus, movie theatre or courthouse. THANK YOU.

[@hirukiyat]

Asha Bryant 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿 All of this!

[@MsRogue1]

That was indeed beautiful!

[@kendras6085]

Say it! #preachinrealshit

[@joycewible8816]

So much yes!

[@pipertarver1852]

Thank you!!! ❤❤❤ They sacrifice everything for us now! I respect all the people who paved the way for us today!

[@Be1smaht]

As a medical student whose freaking done with her studies. I know its supposed to be funny, but the fact that people would fight so hard to stop people from getting educated means that EDUCATION is something to value. It is the great equalizer, and to see how hard people fought to get educated. Man ! Its really of value.

[@brittanythornton2062]

This is literally the best comment I've read all day

[@sydneycook7349]

Your a medical student that can’t tell the difference between a period and a comma lol

[@sydneywilliams4796]

Sydney Cook is there a reason you’re an asshole? Does it make you feel better?

[@jcraig6431]

*You're *comma?

[@chemicsky2772]

@@sydneycook7349your?

[@vdrake1963]

Ernest Green's son, Adam, is a friend of mine... and teaches History at the University of Chicago... I can't wait to ask if he's seen this...

[@MsRose00]

Awaiting a response... ☺️

[@AnaSofia-xe2wg]

X2

[@godgirl001]

What did he think of the video?

[@queenemma5823]

That’s so cool!

[@ironchic5055]

Update plz

[@blindbandit4679]

She has to laugh at the situation to avoid crying and being angry lol

[@kingsaintides7227]

We all do

[@AngelicTroubleMaker-LaVooDoo24]

Well more like we have to laugh because this shit is so fucking retarded!! Majority of us are NOT MAD AT ALL though it is fucked up.

[@sceaserjulius9476]

I sensed it too.

[@chanelgodd]

I mean...shes also quite drunk?

[@stevenbooker7201]

Facts

[@IndigoTribe86]

I love how they just had someone be that screaming white lady in that famous little rock nine photo.

[@oliviapruitt4906]

Oh my gosh yes I was thinking about that too!

[@realinsurancegal]

They recreated that moment perfectly. I love this show.

[@moonlit6311]

Ikr?? That lady in that picture was such a damned horror show. This episode captured that picture frighteningly well.

[@thehoneyeffect]

Why do you like it?

[@ericatheempress6698]

@misssophisicated I heard her and Elizabeth became friends years later despite that history

[@hellogoditsmesara3569]

“Their apologies were frankly bullshit” PREACH AMBER

[@inasaira8380]

lmao i love how derek is so afraid to laugh when she starts cracking up in the middle of saying "hang you from a tree". hes like damn we got her too drunk.

[@91jpjl]

His face is like "wow that's fucked up. Why are you laughing"

[@Swest1]

He was most definitely nervous and didn’t know what to do... ha!!

[@lullaby508]

His reaction to her reaction made me react with laughter.

[@savonnemosley9224]

I was dead 💀😂😂 😂

[@bigjayabc]

I doubt he was afraid 😂😂. And that I love how he was afraid has me worried 😂.

[@aimarpaul]

These videos should honestly replace our current education system, seems to not only be more fun but also more accurate

[@MyBeautifulBasics]

legit. I went to school in Arkansas in the 90/early 2000's and never learned about the little rock nine at all. black history month only really covered emaciation, Harriet Tubman, a brief touch on the 50s and 60s in general and the white folks who helped. I learned more from these videos than I ever learned in school.

[@laurasutherland2352]

@@MyBeautifulBasics, emaciation?

[@MyBeautifulBasics]

@@laurasutherland2352 emancipation. lol typing while drowsy got me.

[@NunayahBuisness]

Laura Sutherland yeah they were emaciated from slavery...

[@marcomagistro4391]

@@MyBeautifulBasics it's cause the south is racist lmao

[@literaltrash7760]

I love this but there was a small mistake, there were actually supposed to be about 20 kids that were meant to go but protests ended up making all the kids except the nine quit, this just shows the bravery of these nine.

[@LahKing66]

i learned more about the little rock 9 in 10 minutes than i ever did in school. EDIT: thx fuh the likes y'all much love

[@michaelwilliams369]

Da king666 me too! And it kind of pisses me off now that I think about it.

[@Sendittothemoon]

I didn't even know what that was until now.

[@-simplicity7551]

People should play more short informative clips in school. Or have good story telling techniques ciz aint nobody remembering anything from just reading a text.

[@mohamadfaiz326]

Mind you that you were learning from a drunk lady giving the funniest damn lecture.

[@mfloatingaway]

I’ve learnt heaps about them in school (we did Black Civil Rights), which is weird because I’m from New Zealand and we literally have nothing to do with this...

[@sassygreen5024]

It took all that for blacks to go inside a got damn building.

[@AyubuKK]

Sassy Green Yes. Completely ridiculous and sad stuff.

[@phuk8865]

Not just a building but to get an education also

[@RakelDaNell]

@@phuk8865 right, but the ridiculousness is that to simply walk inside the physical building required a thousand armed military... that is something to be marveled at. Adults who should have had jobs, younger kids to watch, a whole town to run.... MOBBED a group of kids trying to get inside a school, smh.

[@SaneCaribbeanAtheist78]

@@RakelDaNell - Exactly. Those white racists didn't make any sense.

[@odaydrums]

I know right? It was and still is wrong.

[@samitajocook-n-go]

I got to meet one of the Little Rock 9, Minnijean Brown. She told me she was so scared, and the torture didn't end when she was finally allowed into Central. Ms. Brown was expelled due to yelling at the girls who hit her with combination locks.

[@jackhappens]

The fuck?! That's some bullshit, and thanks for sharing.

[@starzzzy22]

A lot of people forget that just because they eventually were allowed in the school, the racism didn't stop. Look up the Memphis 13, they experienced this stuff too but were elementary kids at the time!

[@beaniepq]

Thank you for leaving this comment--I learned something new today. Though we hear of all these "black history wins," we sometimes forget how pervasive racism is. Life is not a fairy tale where things are perfect after reaching a milestone. Sure, these kids went to school, but the racism did not end once they reached their classrooms. The fight against racism is lifelong (and will continue for generations).

[@ajm935]

Damn that is so terrible!!! She really is a hero for all she endured.

[@mohawkmommastudio]

starzzzy Two of those Memphis 13 are twin sisters, they are my sister-in-laws and they endured much trauma.

[@sirjigsalot]

I died when the girl did the Wakanda forever pose 🙅🏿‍♀️🙅🏿‍♂️

[@unknownnumber8328]

🙅WAKANDA FOREVER

[@bolognivm]

@@rat_core ah, an interesting factoid. Good to know 👍

[@mayra1377]

it really doesn’t ...

[@necessaryevil7777]

Moron

[@misterbaker477]

I have been bamboozled

[@DubbleQ]

She was obviously being sarcastic when she said Racism is over...very scary how a lot of y’all didn’t pick that up 🤨

[@English3Muffin]

For real.

[@MultiCowgirl22]

Yep...

[@fairycakes4284]

I wish it was I’m tired of this shit were all tried😔

[@LadyLakeland]

What?! No way...racism is so over.

[@geicorian]

we got it, it's not that complex

[@charliea8778]

I love this but they left out Daisy Bates! If you see this comment, please google her. She WAS the reason those nine students ever got the chance to attend LR Central High. She was a civil rights activist in the 50s, the president of the Little Rock NAACP, and even ran a newspaper that exclusively covered the nationwide civil rights movement and highlighted the achievements of black Arkansans. When the desegregation of schools was stalled by bureaucratic racism, she led the fight against the system. And it took years. She planned it all, debating the school board, advising the students, and organizing the safest route to school and volunteers to accompany them. Ernest Green, Elizabeth Eckford, Jefferson Thomas, Terrence Roberts, Carlotta Walls LaNier, Minnijean Brown, Gloria Ray Karlmark, Thelma Mothershed, and Melba Pattillo Beals are all icons, and rightfully so, but please don’t let history forget about Daisy Bates. I know they didn’t mean to do her any injustice, but they missed an opportunity. We hear so few stories of black women fighting and changing the system that sometimes ignorant people get the impression that there are none, but in actuality, WOC leaders have existed, they do exist, and they will continue to even without getting the recognition they deserve. Please google her. PS I love Amber!

[@lucasbell4831]

It was told by a very clearly intoxicated person. I don't think attention to detail is what they were going for.

[@charliea8778]

Lucas Bell you missed my point. I’m not pissing on what they did do. I’m lamenting what they could have done.

[@melani3149]

Yes! She is such an important but overlooked person!

[@maritamcnair7005]

I was hoping they'd mention Daisy Bates too! I get making this video about the kids but she was instrumental.

[@xoxohayaati]

Charlie A yes!! I remember her!!!! I schooled in South Africa, and in our last high school years we did apartheid in South Africa and American segregation. So interesting.

[@selalewis9189]

This wasn’t that long ago. Remember that all of these people are someone’s grandparents and great grandparents. The students, the cops, the protestors, the politicians. So the next time someone says racism is over or that we all need to love on, point them to someone in your family or their family. They likely have someone who participated in this, and refused to face their crimes.

[@MilaTejana]

My mother just went to her 50th high school reunion from Central High and the white classmates still act like they didn't torture them. She said there was no truth and reconciliation. One white classmate did actually try to ask if it was bad for them. It's very interesting to look around and think that people who look normal behaved like this en masse.

[@x0xTHLover4Lifex0x]

Exactly. My grandmother was born in 1946. And she is still alive and well. She experienced this and the people that did it to her are still alive and well.

[@owlislike]

There are still people alive today walking free today that participated in lynchings. If my parents had been of African heritage in America they would have been subject to segregation laws while they were growing up. A lot of people seem to think that the Civil Rights movement happened 100 years ago, kind of like how people assume Vietnam veterans are 90+ years old ( they are not). The truth is, its so recent that in some families its not even separated by a full generation yet people are surprised when something like Charlottesville happens.

[@oforlikelalune1506]

I met one of the 9. He wasn't that old. It's crazy

[@kaylao.3326]

Sela Lewis 💯

[@kyradunston7624]

Think about it. This happened less than 100 years ago. These people have children and grandkids. 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@Rubyvipr]

.... same story with nazis🤦‍♀️.. Doesn't mean for sure they kept up with that. Also doesn't mean the kids themselves decided on their own beliefs.

[@monetj40]

Right . Notice how people avoid talking about this era...

[@theimpoftheperverse7598]

Christobanistan their kids were probably brought up with same beliefs that they're better & more deserving simply because they're white.

[@theimpoftheperverse7598]

Christobanistan eh I'd rather not take any chances.

[@Suicidalgoingtokillmyself]

@Christobanistan I'm pretty sure they are Trump supporters, Neo Nazi's and our in White supremacist groups!!!😭😭

[@carlaeyyy649]

Fun fact: there were originally 10 of them. There was a girl named Jane Hill, but after they got blocked from attending school that first day, she never came back.

[@cpatch-nh5cs]

@Carlaeyyy, what happened to Jane?

[@sixteeeeeen]

What happened to her?

[@carlaeyyy649]

After being screamed, cursed at, and threatened (just like the others), she quit. I don't blame her for it. I don't know she she moved out of the city but her parents decided not let her to follow through with the intervention effort with such a danger present.

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

Nothing 'fun' about that, but admittedly interesting.

[@ohhyeahthatangel]

Can we please have a black history story every week this month? Love this!

[@samuelbr8411]

Dev Oh go to Australia if you hate black people so much

[@greenhornet8262]

samuel BR he would be upset there too because he would see Aboriginal people having rights. He should go to Antarctica.

[@LToote]

This should just be a reflex act

[@zozotheclown7640]

Dev Oh what sis??💀💀

[@capricornofjanuary4thbakug92]

@Dev Oh It isn't black supremacy, it's a request. Why are you even here?

[@AnabethalightASMR]

This makes me cry...especially the part in 1999 when they get medals and Amber emphasizes that they were children

[@IamtheNight99]

This is worse: www.watchdominion.com

[@IamtheNight99]

This is worse: www.watchdominion.com

[@fridac8209]

IamtheNight99 SHUT THE FUCK UP

[@annahmalima6320]

The Vegan Dragon No it’s not.

[@IamtheNight99]

@@annahmalima6320 Did you watch it? If not, then do so.

[@kap79]

A kind and lighthearted way to tell a heartbreaking story.

[@doubyday884]

The moment where she wore that glasses, damn girl youre so cool Also when she said "Little Rock to be spesific" is so cute

[@slion9914]

"look at my nails they're so beautiful hiiii you're so pretty!" - Dr. Martin Luther King

[@rimun5235]

That took me out.

[@sebastianm.6875]

In the spirit of this do not forget Grace Lorch's contribution! She protected Elizabeth while going to the bus stop and was viciously ostracized and attacked by her community afterward. Her family had to flee the country because they got blacklisted! A true activist and hero as she kept battling for equal rights and desegregation

[@MilaTejana]

Her family had to leave the country for getting a taste of what black people were treated like? I do appreciate those who give up their privilege to stand for what's right, we should all be so brave.

[@sebastianm.6875]

@@MilaTejana they placed dynamite in her garage. Not just a taste. She tried to enroll her daughter into a black school but the district wasn't having it. I don't want history forgetting those who stood against what was wrong especially when they nothing to gain but everything to lose.

[@MilaTejana]

@@sebastianm.6875 Did you mean county instead of country? My mother actually went to Central high shortly after this and unfortunately that is still a taste of what it was like to be black in Little Rock in the 50s. Lots of respect to allies always.

[@JM-gh1oz]

@@MilaTejana you can Google Grace Lorch. The moved to Canada. Little Rock was just too dangerous for them. Shehas a Wikipedia Page.

[@Jennifer-wc5fs]

Sebastian M. Believe it or not a dynamite is indeed just a taste of what black folks went through

[@constantly_nerfed]

One of The Little Rock Nine came to my school as a keynote speaker last year

[@Hessed3712]

Katie Ho That is so cool!

[@gibustheinfamous]

Was it Carlotta?

[@centerfold8]

That’s awesome

[@mrsbdubc2174]

Was she laughing about what happened?

[@ylvaelling6968]

thats so coooooool

[@vanessam9266]

Amandla Stenberg might be one of the prettiest women I’ve seen in my whole life!!

[@rosydonut]

It’s a shame she was in that film where she fucked a nazi

[@dvdcbb]

@@rosydonut Which one?

[@malsdiary]

Rosie J focus on her other roles like The Hate U Give or The Darkest Minds. Just because she had one messed up role doesn’t define her.

[@christina4012]

@@rosydonut L O L

[@ambergreener710]

Non binary they use they/them pronouns

[@loriannnoguchi5610]

"You can fart all you want on a fartbus" DESTROYED ME lmaoooo

[@loriannnoguchi5610]

@Dev Oh Lmao k

[@christianx8761]

Dev is presssssssed lmfao

[@nunyabizness9594]

@Dev Oh "Moronic simple minded douchebag" Explains why You're here!

[@nunyabizness9594]

@Dev Oh Awww...how cute. You presume to know what my political stances are. Anyone who disagrees with you must be liberal and far left. Pfft! 🙄😒 Here's your two seconds of attention, troll. You'll get no more from me.

[@rubyrayne8]

Dev Oh No, because some of us, liberals and republicans alike, are not black and white thinkers. You like to feel better about your opinions in life by putting other ppl’s opinions down. Some of us like to learn from other of differing opinion. Just as some people from both sides can’t stand anyone from the other side, like yourself. What I never get about this vitriol is that it’s the exact same, rep telling ppl how stupid they are and liberals doing the same. Don’t they get they’re the same close minded ppl?

[@inasaira8380]

"Look at my nails theyre so beautiful!" - martin luther king jr.

[@roseJ96]

Second only to his "I Have A Dream" speech.

[@AngelicTroubleMaker-LaVooDoo24]

THAT SHIT WAS HILARIOUS

[@jointy33]

this black actress in the scenes is so beautiful :)

[@d.michele7042]

Amandla Stenberg is her name

[@starsintherain2000]

I knew that was Amandla! She is everything!!!

[@hennylo68]

@@d.michele7042 Wait, she's the actress also? I thought she was the narrator.

[@d.michele7042]

The narrator is named Amber Ruffin

[@hennylo68]

@@d.michele7042 Ahh okay got you.

[@forgemakesstuff2734]

“The blackitiest Black black black black I ever saw” Elizabeth: *wakanda arms* Me: noice 👌✊🏿

[@Akhona3]

“And it’s blackening up my SOUL”

[@tinjazv8743]

“Ahhh We don’t like you, you are poopy ahhh” and the girl mouthing it in the background in slow motion is the best part! LMFAO

[@notaytguru8214]

Tinjaz V yessssssss I was gonna comment that 😭😭😭

[@mai.vancon]

Yeah. How did they do that? Amandla wasn’t in slow motion but the background people were

[@LarryOfilms]

I always wonder how these actors keep a straight face

[@dantemarzolo1879]

@@mai.vancon I think she had to say the lines twice as fast, so when they slow the video down she lines up with it

[@unimportant351]

@@LarryOfilms same😂

[@bulelanicengimbo4803]

😂😂i am binge watching Drunk history like its no one's business...I am just loving it

[@markricks]

Same

[@briannamcintosh1443]

Same!

[@plmitch]

SAME.

[@taylorwaker1060]

Undodana The poet me fuckin too😂

[@tony.aces1991]

Mismo

[@lilwillett]

As a native from Arkansas, this is the first time I've ever heard this full story. I don't understand why I didn't learn more about this in high school. Little Rock is literally the capitol of Arkansas. Come on, guys.

[@MilaTejana]

Ask your parents and grandparents about it. My mother graduated from Central high 51 years ago and the white students still didn't acknowledge torturing them at their 50th reunion last year. People have to be more honest and clean out the old wounds.

[@dilapidatedcastillo500]

As a native from Arkansas you may also want to learn a tad bit more of Arkansas history. Just look into 'Hoxie: The First Stand'.

[@emanueleg.4651]

Now you gotta tell everybody! It's your frigging duty!

[@kingyichi1149]

White schools don’t really teach african American history that’s why

[@GalaxyGirl08]

Katie Kat Wow that’s ridiculous. I thought every high school in America was taught this. I surely was.

[@MyeshaTiara]

He was so uncomfortable with the hang from a tree. Only black people can laugh at our pain 🤣

[@seekthegreatness4818]

Yeah, if he laughed. I would have been concerned.

[@Lalaland-og9xr]

SeekTheGreatness lmfao same

[@earondianna9353]

You ain't never lied.

[@Pimpin0225]

Lmao right so uncomfortable 😂

[@mrsbdubc2174]

Little Rock 9 isn't laughing though

[@pinky12351]

Those bullies got some nerve going on Oprah to get their 5 minutes of fame smh 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@jackskellington4198]

Seriously 😑

[@MariaLopez-ly4pu]

And the fact that Oprah allowed that.

[@iamhungey12345]

Not to mention one can imagine how awkward it was for the Little Rock Nine students as well.

[@immewhoareyou4077]

Selena Torres oprah is the devil lol.

[@jessicavictoriacarrillo7254]

@@MariaLopez-ly4pu I think Little Rock Nine were like "Oprah, we put up these creeps while you were in grade school...."

[@Bev4Drawing]

One of the signs just says "I JUST LIKE YELLING" 😂😂

[@kakalukium]

I love how the Wakanda salute was alive back then.

[@imhuemankeepURcolorsforcrayons]

kakalukium what you can’t be serious that’s a symbol for Black Power! 🤣😒

[@beyondblessed]

@@imhuemankeepURcolorsforcrayons him and the whole161 people who press the. Like comment

[@the13xiii52]

Yep. You gonna do something?

[@sORrYiMLaTe_wHAtdiDiMisS]

@@the13xiii52 Nice handle name!

[@user-bx4ti6ig3i]

My nephew says his history teacher plays these videos for their class. Teens love it. He's a senior in high school.

[@Lalaland-og9xr]

Lucky him 😊

[@vatolikhlimentyev6270]

I've learned and understood this more than in school.😅😅😅😅

[@swifferwetjet6506]

Think about this everytime I think about skipping class

[@mundaneamazing]

Aww! I'm proud of you Nene!

[@pandoraheartsvd]

This was awesome! As a black student in college I face racism and prejudice on a daily basis but history like this motivates me to stay strong and get my degree.

[@ThexDynastxQueen]

pandoraheartsvd: Be strong, carry on and be the blacketiest black black that ever blacked by pulling out the Wakanda Forever Salute to give you further strength!

[@fathimacader718]

Please enlighten us.. we are all brainwashed to think the u.s is so great. How do You face racism in a college

[@sunnysweet4183]

What school do you go to??

[@delphineblue]

@jmarks881 Dumbass questions like yours are one example.

[@vrhofficially]

The "please enlighten me" seems super passive aggressive

[@brittanyedwards6530]

My God, imagine being those kids( big emphasis on the word KIDS) or even their parents. Their bravery and character is infinite considering the circumstances.

[@jgrant4736]

When I saw the Little Rock Nine step on the school grounds, a chill went through me. I faced that same reception when I was bussed to an all white school in Louisville KY in the late 70's. On our first day of school, we were confronted by mob of white adults bearing signs that essentially said we don't want you here, go back to your neighborhood. I can still hear the sound of glass bottles shattering against the sides of the bus. Racial slurs. The other kids with me were crouched on their seats or on the floor of the bus, screaming. I only had two years to attend until I graduated, Thank God. I had some positive experiences over time. Life went on. I forgive those racist pigs but I will never forget. I don't know how old you are but you're lucky never to have experienced it. Google the period of time when we were court ordered to go to all white schools and whites were forced to do the same. Busing was done in Boston, Ma, and cities in Maryland just to name a few. I admire the strength and courage of the Little Rock Nine. And I'm glad that things have and are changing. I stand for non-hate, peaceful non-violent protest, inclusion, diversity and justice. Let's keep talking and understanding one other.

[@parkersnowe]

Yes it is - re the bravery and courage infinitely infinite.

[@jennk8990]

The bullying that they had to endure wasn’t just random teenage bullying. I saw a lecture where Elizabeth Eckford talks about how local parents would have neighborhood meetings and tell their kids what to do to harass the nine so that they would drop out.

[@TinyTeacupReads]

God, that is absolutly vile! It's easy to chalk it up as just people being kinda mean, but no, this was a systemic, intentional effort to kick black people out of their communities and make sure they never come back.

[@ambriaashley3383]

Y'all... The actor playing Ernest Green is ON POINT. His emotions and reactions in this were amazing

[@roseking8555]

5:06 “Crazy white people of Arkansas” 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣 5:44. Punching numbers on a rotary phone!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂

[@roseking8555]

Dev Oh I almost reported you... then I realized you may have been responding to what you thought was my comment. I am giving you a chance, which is it?

[@EclecticDD]

@@roseking8555 He's just being an a**hole, check out the troll's other comments.

[@EncyclopediaBrittanica]

I almost died 😂😂

[@CarynDPrescott]

That was hilarious.

[@mariamama11]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@andyandyandy5781]

I am a Proud graduate of Little Rock Central and the legacy of the LR Nine is taught and instilled in all students to this day. They are role models for all of my classmates and me

[@knockedsocks7238]

Being a freshman at central high school and seeing this video is pretty amazing. the history and sacrifices that were made to get to where we are today, aren’t payed tribute the way it should be. But seeing this, I can tell you this is the right way to do it, get someone drunk and have them inconsistently explain what happened. Love this

[@2012Cherubim]

“Cannot point out enough that they were children” had me screaming!!!!!

[@christopherbennett5858]

Pretty much. I'm just here like "Why are you being like this to kids? What was wrong with you people?"

[@rawrbro69]

So imagine hating someone solely on the fact they are black (race) that you become so extra to protest them and ect ?

[@drinkwaternotalcohol]

Christobanistan well the point still stands. Imagine despising someone just bc if their race that u become so extra and protest against them. It’s ridiculous. In fact it’s almost hilarious. But ur comment is kinda irrelevant since the person was referring to the video and what happened with Little Rock 9

[@ohitslynz342]

Christobanistan Black supremacists?? That’s wtf u got from this video ? What is wrong with you

[@mikalasha8875]

Only in America

[@beepboop2194]

“Racism is fixed and I don’t knownwwah” 2020: we’ll see about that

[@YourMajesty143]

She was being sarcastic. If you've watched Amber on Late Night with Seth Myers, you'd see enough of her skits to know she doesn't believe that for one second.

[@Julie-jl2kk]

2030: we'll see about that

[@bw0716]

See u in the streets u bish

[@tromboneman4517]

Yeah. Agreed. The Black Lives Matter movement is extremely racist honestly.

[@Trollingwiththehomies]

Sarcasm. Comedy Central.

[@sujitd]

Amber Ruffin is an American treasure. She needs her own damn show!

[@moonlit6311]

She's supposed to be writing a sitcom about a married couple. I don't know if she's acting in it. It's supposed to be based on her real life marriage to a European man.

[@jaybestnz]

@@moonlit6311 I reckon her on SNL or something epic with a super team would be amazing

[@DOSkywalkR]

I think she's great where she is right now, that being on Seth Meyer's show. They already showcase her a lot, but maybe they can give her even more time and segments, that'd be cool :) the other people like the leave them alone guy or that other weird little writer whose name I forgot aren't nearly as funny as her.

[@jaybestnz]

@kagsgirl she is a writer on Seth Myers show, he clearly is really massive fans of the team and the writers. She does 2 segments "Amber says what" which is ok, but "Jokes Seth Cant tell" is better.

[@rollercoaster24]

Dev Oh 😬

[@mamaguevaso7904]

The Little Rock Nine should become a movie that would be amazing

[@SemiSubconsciousSaboteur]

It's been done.

[@purgatory870]

It is...starring Morris Chestnut

[@necessaryevil7777]

@ moron it's been done stop being racist

[@ConcietedMuchXD]

It is a movie

[@karenwebb3996]

We don't need a movie! Black people live it everyday !

[@julesk2629]

She’s just the right amount of drunk. Love this episode

[@biss5210]

I remember reading a book about the Little Rock Nine by Melba (sorry I forgot her last name) on my school library. I forgot what it was titled but I'll try to find it when school does return! I remember seeing a picture of Elizabeth Eckerford walking through the angry white mob with her iconic stone-cold face and that gave me so much courage and it helped me learn that I should just walk through these people who discriminate me for being who I am and I respect her bravery so much.

[@Shae29]

‘Warriors Don’t Cry’ ? I just finished reading it at my high school and I loved it!!

[@brendashea7759]

'this is the shit. We did it. and everything. hooray for us.' I LOVE Amber and Amber says what.

[@ninabina616]

"You can fart all you want on the FartBus"🤣🤣🤣so randomm

[@sciencenerd777]

So random lmao

[@LeslieGaston]

And the musical theme with it. Beep beep!

[@sartresianez5332]

Ambers laugh gives me hope for the future

[@CultWhatever]

Dr.Leonard Church was just about to type this

[@thevampireyahweh5253]

@Colonel Sanders 😂 Spat my beer on my phone. Thank you.

[@alixo_]

“we don’t like you, you’re poopy” *me in a nutshell*

[@darylcarr8283]

7:45 No Amber did NOT make MLK admire his fingernails!!!

[@emanueleg.4651]

He didn't?? Holy cow! My perspective of history now is falling apart!!

[@mchan2141]

Jesus

[@sithotaku]

I was wheezing

[@johnsonjohnson3261]

I'm sure he had beautiful nails.

[@katinalong5158]

What's in her drink? LoL

[@Kool-aidSmiles]

We're just gonna ignore how he uses the phone at 5:41?

[@darylcarr8283]

Yoooooo! Dude should be old enough to not confuse a rotary dial with a pushbutton telephone! While we're at it, try introducing a typewriter to the current generation of high schoolers. They'll probably tell their parents the school's trying to break their fingers!

[@NostaIgiaJunkie]

@@darylcarr8283 lol I graduated in 2016 and I used to bring my Royal Safari portable to school. Couldn't use it in class tho. Too noisy lol, but perfect for lunch time! Forever branded a hipster. But idfc lol

[@drunkenrobot3976]

Yep, just like we're gonna ignore the fact that Eisenhower has a full head of hair for some reason

[@timothyfarrand8407]

@@drunkenrobot3976 , or that Oprah was skinny

[@mchan2141]

No. I hollered😂

[@immamardybum7327]

One of the little rock nine,Melba, wrote a book called Warriors don't cry about the whole experience . Would definitely recommend

[@aliciamata00]

Why do I now want “I love margaritas and black people” on a Tshirt

[@black76561]

Right.. I’d totally wear it with pride 😂😂

[@braxtonsmom4sm]

That would be cool!! I would high-five you if I walked past you. Now that's called spreading love not hate.

[@RobinFlysHigh]

5:41 Him "dialing" the rotary phone 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@beasleydad]

Amber Ruffin is funny and adorable.

[@elorine5682]

I love her on amber says what! We should have more of that

[@namaste91]

Her burping was just sweet

[@winonahamilton6536]

Jordan Beasley you're cute

[@materesaquisao6285]

ilove her very funny

[@tanvirahmed8074]

LMAO!! The actor doesn't know how to dial that old phone.

[@MagdalinaKT]

Of course he did that on purpose, ya know for comedy. He is old enough to have used one in his younger years. I'm 33 and have used mg Grandparent's rotary phone when I was 7ish or younger. And yes I used it to call my Dad at work while I was on summer break. He had push button long ass cord phone from the 80's still. Basically my Dad an his parents took care of their phones so I got to use them 😂 But for sure if this guy is older than I am he got to use one for sure.

[@Chasla93]

Literally read this the moment it was happening in the video and I screamed🤣🤣🤣

[@victoriadime9057]

I caught that too!!

[@jennadombroski1505]

*** S A T I R E ***

[@mai.vancon]

Lol I’m 20 and I got that

[@epicherbalism]

*The people who were angry about segregation ending are the same people who say "all live matter" today.*

[@moonywoof.]

MamaAnimations all lives simply cannot matter until black lives matter.

[@kimikalawson5935]

MamaAnimations Do rapist, murderer, pedophile lives matter? I think not. Therefore all lives do not matter

[@daimyopurgatory]

Kimika Lawson they do because they weren’t rapists and murders before they raped and murdered

[@kimikalawson5935]

Klanner Cant Explain Yet they still decided to do it. Therefore it cancels out, PEMDAS

[@kimikalawson5935]

panmensizar Whatever floats your boat

[@Sonnera]

OMG, its Lionel from Dear White People, the Netflix show!!!!

[@vanessawright6643]

He did such a great job here. Loved it!

[@samuelbr8411]

Dev Oh need I remind you that the media is not KKK controlled.

[@fourthgirl]

Love both seasons. Can't wait for #3!

[@zozotheclown7640]

Dev Oh you are everywhere lmao💀💀 fuck is your problem

[@serenabramble260]

"We don't know exactly why we hate you, we just know that it's something our parents have handed down to us, so we're just acting in what we think are their best interest." That's a really nuanced, pointed distillation on how racism in kids is learned.

[@jake_from_statefarm7209]

"I love black people... And margaritas!" Dude. Same.

[@Mh-gq7rs]

I love how she's just telling the story to a white person with no problem

[@jamesace1014]

Amadlea Stenberg Is So Amazing!

[@thebatman2620]

i too love margaritas and black people lol

[@trosemore]

Me too!

[@FDAaliyah]

Same!

[@m.coleman]

Word up! 😎

[@NoireMaitre]

Amandla Stenberg absolutley slayed XD favorite episode of drunk history by far

[@WTHnada]

It is SO wrong that I laughed at her laughing at the guy saying he was gonna hang them 😂

[@voodazz]

I was laughing more at the host's nervous smile

[@youniqesparklez]

Understanding that she is laughing to control her own feelings of fear and anger and despair but siding with the host cause you're white and know you will never really understand the persucution that comes with being black so it's not you're right to to criticize or judge her expression and there is no way for you to join in on this experience that is not yours so you just smile politely and allow her to do her thing

[@rohay8146]

It was wild to hear that shit out of someone smiling it's so awkward that its laughable

[@millionbill7587]

I am Kenyan 🇰🇪 and I have learnt a lot of history from this single video! More please

[@hopetikvah4906]

Elizabeth came to speak at my school last week. Such a brave and sweet lady.

[@BookishNaiad]

Been waiting for this! Amber is awesome, and the Little Rock Nine are incredible.

[@dekuswagg]

"Racism's fixed and everything's fine" LMAO

[@carlotta4th]

It is slightly better though. We still have a long flipping way to go but at least kids aren't facing angry mobs to go to school.

[@federalasl]

@@carlotta4th it hasn't gotten better we've just fought back

[@dekuswagg]

@@federalasl That’s why I was laughing.

[@federalasl]

@@dekuswagg ohh

[@rickythe2nd63]

Eisenhower dialing the HECK outs that phone!! 5:40 LMBOOOOOOO

[@wryckingbaul8612]

People who don't curse are almost as funny as "Drunk History."

[@solarphoenixfire]

She's brilliant! Martin Luther the KAAANG! 😂 Well done, as usual. 👌🏽

[@SamanthaaHayes]

“These ppl almost killed me but I made it isn’t that crazy” 😭😭

[@xxflameaminoxx]

"I dont know what I was saying, but I love margaritas... And bLACK pEOpOle!" Dont we all sis 😂

[@robk79]

Production went over budget, Carl. "Cut the presidential bald cap."

[@robk79]

@Dev Oh Do what now?

[@999GHz]

@Dev Oh time to put down the bottle dude

[@robk79]

@Dev Oh I understood what you said. I just have no idea why you think it pertains to my comment about bald caps. I mean, you seem incredibly intellectual. And your use of gay pejoratives is impressive. So I highly doubt you don't know how to use youTube comments properly. Therefore, I have to conclude that you had some sort of reason for this.

[@Renj]

@Dev Oh maybe if he goes on and die of a heart attack we all can move on with our lives and actually obsess over better things

[@zozotheclown7640]

Dev Oh MY BOY. SHUTTT THE FUCK UP OMG ALL YOU DO IS COMPLAIN AND BITCH AND SPEW BULLSHIT

[@mikinotamouse1655]

I was lucky enough to hear Carlotta Walls LaNier speak about her book when I was in high school. It was really amazing and you can still sense the amazing strength of her person. 😊

[@PyroManiac1245]

7:12 Wakanda Forever!

[@Nkosinati]

I thought the same thing... if she had done the Wakanda shrug right there, the funny-meter would have jumped up about 40% on this sketch...

[@zoekennedy5495]

Right

[@Yeezy747]

She’s the cutest thing ever 😂🥰 I love that she just breaks into giggles

[@EllieC130]

"And hang you from a tree" *spontaneous laugher* The uncomfortable face from Derek was way too much XD

[@TheDevilsReject2785]

Amber Ruffin is hilarious and Amandla Stenberg is gorgeous.

[@alphasinner853]

Amber is ugly just like all dark skin black girls

[@azariahjackson5600]

@@alphasinner853 Shut up.You sound mad stupid right now.

[@ugiebhungane958]

@@alphasinner853 the only ugly thing in here is that there are still people like you who are stupid enough to type that. I am repulsed 🙄

[@BatraSahb]

@@alphasinner853 And i thought this video was about racist "history"

[@editthisthot4302]

I feel African American community should get some compulsory reservation in employment and education system.. they faced so much and yet the stood bravely and struggled.. and still continue to face closet racism.. RESPECT FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY ✊

[@AngelicTroubleMaker-LaVooDoo24]

Thank you so much! ✊🏾

[@anneb889]

The Indian Princess I believe Affirmative Action was supposed to help. I know there are job postings specifying minorities and women encouraged to apply. I also think some colleges practice affirmative action in regards to SAT scores. But I’ve actually have heard black people complain desegregation and the great society, welfare, have hurt their communities more than helped. The rates of single motherhood has gone from 20% to 70% and AA communities pre civil rights were the fastest growing middle class communities. And John Oliver just had an interesting piece on how schools are still so segregated....surprisingly it wasn’t in the south, but New York.

[@AngelicTroubleMaker-LaVooDoo24]

@@anneb889 Affirmative Action was not created for black people or people of color . It was created and has mostly benefited White females way more black people. Majority of people do not realize this fact but there is a ton of evidence /research on the topic now. Generally when people refer to minorities we automatically assume people of color.

[@anneb889]

Angelic TroubleMaker Affirmative action was signed in 1961 by Kennedy.... before the women’s movement was really under way. The original primary purpose was for minorities....it included race, religion. The original order didn’t even included basis of sex....that wasn’t added til 1967 by Johnson. However, over the years yes, white women have been the primary beneficiaries.

[@AngelicTroubleMaker-LaVooDoo24]

Im not sure about the single mothers statistics among black women ,however, I do know many reports now confirm that black women are now the most educated group in the United States. Single mothers or not they are doing whatever to ensure their homes are taken care of. Let's not forget there are waaaay more white people on welfare than black people. As a college professor I love research, however, statistics can be very bias, manipulative,no one ever reads the fine print nor the entire study, only report the positive for certain groups of people, and use them as a tool of propaganda, etc. As a black woman there many things reported about black people, yet when I look at my own life, I do not know anyone personally who has lived on welfare, been to jail, murdered, have baby daddies and mommies, live in the "hood", we can all swim, we dont care if our hair gets wet, my nephew is a policemen, my parents, their siblings, and my grandparents were all college educated, etc. This is not my life but majority of black people I know lives reflect the same as mine. The media only focuses on the negative dont believe the hype.

[@linziRyan1965]

I actually cried at the end she is dealing with a lot of emotional pain and laughing through it.

[@idk-po9jf]

Watching her talk about during BLM protests is so shocking. The world hasnt change much has it? Anyways BLACK LIVES MATTER ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

[@Benzooo1k]

Whatever dude

[@kiacedillo7067]

@@Benzooo1k seriously grow up

[@kiacedillo7067]

I dk... blm isn't what you think it is. The way to take back what is ours, is not protesting. But turning back to God full of prayers and repenting of our sins. We must not forget what they have done nor forgive and make friends with the serpent seed (them). We absolutely must not mix with them and invite them in our homes. Read Deuteronomy 28 it explains why we're in this position and why we are hated, though we have done nothing. Stay away from blm the founders are witches they say themselves they practice it and talk to the dead. This movement is Deception leading away from The Most High.

[@clartblart3266]

@@kiacedillo7067 Heyy, what's the name of the cult?

[@clartblart3266]

@David McDonial I was being sarcastic...

[@himamouli5047]

She says "Racism has ended!" and "Happy 2019!" and all I can think about is the sheer irony of watching this in 2020 with everything going on and thinking about how they have no idea the ride they are in for next year.

[@phyllishahart6111]

5:41 LMAOOO did he just dial on a rotary phone?!? 😂😂😂

[@kiwi9813]

"I love margaritas and black people" Same

[@msunprepared]

2 of the women have came to talk at my high school in the past and it was so cool and such an honor!! We weren’t allowed to clap for one of them, because it would trigger her ptsd :( so we snapped our fingers

[@bustanut2376]

that’s so sad. this was actually filmed at my school