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The US History of Slavery, The Civil War, and its aftermath summarized
Its a bit long... but does a great job summarizing the history behind slavery, the Civil War itself, and the aftermath
The Downfall of Reconstruction after the Civil War and Plessy v Ferguson
This interview discusses how the South slowly goes back to adopting racist policies after the military leaves. The last minute and a half discusses the Plessy case, the "separate but equal" decision, and its impact on society long term.
An example of a Jim Crow Law in effect
The picture of a set of drinking fountains represents the separate but equal doctrine (because they both provided the opportunity to get water) established in the Plessy v Ferguson Supreme Court Case. Jim Crow Laws were set up throughout the country (mainly in the South) allowing for legal public and private segregation like this.
Founding of the NAACP, Jackie Robinson desegregating major league baseball, Truman desegregating the military, and the criticism he faced in the South
This clip is 3:10 long. Show the 1st 18 seconds (founding of the NAACP) and everything from 1:00 - end (foundation of argument against the Separate but Equal Doctrine, Jackie Robinson desegregating baseball, Truman's support for Civil Rights and the negative reaction that got in Southern States from Dixiecrats).
Brown v Board of Education
African-American children in Topeka, Kansas were denied access to all-white schools due to rules allowing for separate but equal facilities. The idea of separate but equal was given legal standing with the 1896 Supreme Court ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson. This doctrine required that any separate facilities had to be of equal quality. However, the plaintiffs in this case argued that segregation was inherently unequal. Basically, even if all circumstances were equals (the quality of the schools, class size #'s, etc...) it would still not be viewed as equal by society as a whole. One piece of evidence that greatly influenced the Supreme Court decision in this regards was research performed by two educational psychologists: Kenneth and Mamie Clark. They presented children as young as three with white and brown dolls. They found that overall the children rejected the brown dolls when asked to pick which they liked the best, wanted to play with, and thought were a nice color. This underlined the inherent inequality of a separate educational system based on race.
The Brown decision was truly significant because it overturned the separate but equal doctrine established by the Plessy decision. While previously the thirteenth amendment to the Constitution was interpreted so that equality before the law could be met through segregated facilities, with Brown this was no longer true. The fourteenth amendment guarantees equal protection under the law, and the Court ruled that separate facilities based on race were unequal.
Click here to read an interview from the Brown sisters about the case.
This 3:15 clip focuses almost entirely on the specifics of the Brown v Board of Education case, the reasoning why the "separate but equal" doctrine needed to be done away with, and the impact that the unanimous decision of the Supreme Court had on society.
The Little Rock Nine
This 5 minute clip discusses the forcible integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas by the U.S. National Guard. It shows how much of society (especially in the South) still was not ready to accept desegregation.
Rosa Parks
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
This 2 minute 40 second clip discusses how busses were segregated in Alabama, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. leading the boycotts, the intimidation and violence that occurred in the community, and the Supreme Court decision to order the busses to be desegregated.
Sit Ins
This 2:45 clip discusses the formation of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) by MLK Jr., the Civil Rights Act of 1957, the Greensboro North Carolina sit in, and all of the copycat sit ins that started in the South.
SNCC
This clip does a good job explaining the purpose of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). I will show the first minute and a half.... and from 3 to 3 and a half minutes.