The Road to Brown tells the story of the Brown v. Board of Education ruling as the culmination of a brilliant legal assault on segregation that launched the Civil Rights movement. It is also a moving and long overdue tribute to a visionary but little known black lawyer, Charles Hamilton Houston, "the man who killed Jim Crow."
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First grade can be scary even without the burden of making history. The Memphis 13 shares the stories of 13 courageous first graders who were the first to desegregate schools in Memphis in 1961. The film, featuring interviews from all 13 families and others involved in school desegregation in Memphis, not only shares the long overlooked stories of brave families, but also provides a starting point for conversations about inclusion, tolerance, and social change.
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The unanimous overruling of Plessy v. Ferguson, declaring segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
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The United States' Constitution is not a very detailed document. It lays out the basic structure of government, and the details are filled in with legislation, and clarified and reinforced by court decisions. One of the most consequential Supreme Court decisions was the 1896 case of Plessy v Ferguson, which set the precedent that segregating people by race was acceptable. This meant that every public accommodation had the right to refuse to serve Black Americans, and that even public institutions like schools could be segregated. While the decision did stipulate that the segregated accommodations be "separate but equal," the equal part of that equation was often left out.
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