1. School Segregation
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2. School Segregation Plessy v. Ferguson (1896): “separate but equal”
all segregation by race is legal

3. School Segregation Mendez v. Westminster (1946):
CA court ends segregation of Latinos
CA governor Earl Warren ends all school segregation
Audio NPR – Latino USA

4. Video: Case against Jim Crow (PBS)

5. School Segregation Sweatt v. Painter (1950):
Texas Law School must admit blacks

6. Brown v. Board of Education
Video

7. School Segregation Brown v. Board of Education (1954):
Supreme Court ends segregation of all school children (Kills Plessy v. Ferguson)
Southern states refuse to comply

8. Resistance to Brown decision

9. Resistance to Brown decision

10. Resistance to Brown decision

11. School Segregation Resistance to Brown
Southern states keep schools segregated
Only 3 states will integrate schools

12. College Integration University of Alabama (1956) Video
Autherine Lucy fails to integrate Univ.
White students riot, Lucy is expelled
Video

13. College Integration

14. College Integration Video: James Meredith and Ole Miss
“I will do everything in my power to prevent integration in our schools”
– Governor Ross Barnett

15. College Integration University of Mississippi (1962)
Governor stops James Meredith from attending
President Kennedy sends U.S. Marshalls to escort Meredith to class

16. College Integration

17. Elementary and High Schools
Little Rock Nine (1957)
Nine black students attempt to integrate Central High School
School and a mob stop integration

18. Elementary and High Schools
Little Rock Nine (1957)
President Eisenhower uses National Guard to force integration for one year
Video

19. Elementary and High Schools
Little Rock Nine (1957)
Whites shutdown public school system to avoid integration

20. Elementary and High Schools
Ruby Bridges (1960)
Bridges integrates Louisiana school
Video Link

21. Elementary and High Schools
Plyler v. Doe (1982)
Children of undocumented immigrants have right to public education
Video