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Brown: A Landmark CaseThis video segment describes the players and events of the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision and how it galvanized the Civil Rights movement as well as white resistance. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Debating SlaveryIn this video segment adapted from Africans in America, learn how the issue of slavery shaped the debate at the U.S. Constitutional Convention. Accessibility features: Caption |
5-12 |
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Declaring Freedom...But For Whom?In this video segment adapted from Africans in America, consider the American view of freedom that was defined by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence. Accessibility features: Caption |
5-12 |
Video |
Mendez v. Westminster: Desegregating California's SchoolsSylvia Mendez recalls the conditions that led Mexican Americans to sue for desegregation in the 1940s in this segment from Mendez vs. Westminster: Para Todos los Niños/For All the Children, from KOCE-TV. Accessibility features: Caption |
3-12 |
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The Road to BrownThis video segment looks at the history of the NAACP's efforts to convince the Supreme Court that segregated schools were unconstitutional, leading up to the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education cases. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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Simple Justice 1: A Handful of LawyersThis segment from American Experience: "Simple Justice" profiles Charles Houston's strategy for attacking segregation and how he trained the legal team that eventually argued the Brown case. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Simple Justice 3: The Trial BeginsThis segment from American Experience: "Simple Justice" captures the legal issues and opening arguments in Brown v. Board of Education. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Simple Justice 5: Marshall's Closing StatementThis segment from American Experience: "Simple Justice" reenacts Thurgood Marshall's closing statement in Brown v. Board of Education. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Simple Justice 6: Justice Warren Reads the DecisionThis segment from American Experience: "Simple Justice" explores the dynamics and arguments among the Supreme Court justices who ruled in Brown v. Board of Education. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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