School Segregation History Notes 14-1
School Segregation Plessy v. Ferguson (1896): “separate but equal” all segregation by race is legal
School Segregation Mendez v. Westminster (1946): CA court ends segregation of Latinos CA governor Earl Warren ends all school segregation Audio NPR – Latino USA
Video: Case against Jim Crow (PBS)
School Segregation Sweatt v. Painter (1950): Texas Law School must admit blacks
Brown v. Board of Education Video
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
Resistance to Brown decision
Resistance to Brown decision
Resistance to Brown decision
School Segregation Resistance to Brown Southern states keep schools segregated Only 3 states will integrate schools
College Integration University of Alabama (1956) Video Autherine Lucy fails to integrate Univ. White students riot, Lucy is expelled Video
College Integration
College Integration Video: James Meredith and Ole Miss “I will do everything in my power to prevent integration in our schools” – Governor Ross Barnett
College Integration University of Mississippi (1962) Governor stops James Meredith from attending President Kennedy sends U.S. Marshalls to escort Meredith to class
College Integration
Elementary and High Schools Little Rock Nine (1957) Nine black students attempt to integrate Central High School School and a mob stop integration
Elementary and High Schools Little Rock Nine (1957) President Eisenhower uses National Guard to force integration for one year Video
Elementary and High Schools Little Rock Nine (1957) Whites shutdown public school system to avoid integration
Elementary and High Schools Ruby Bridges (1960) Bridges integrates Louisiana school Video Link
Elementary and High Schools Plyler v. Doe (1982) Children of undocumented immigrants have right to public education Video