School Segregation • Mendez v. Westminster (1946): • CA ends all segregation of Latinos • 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
College Integration • University of Alabama (1963) • Alabama forced to admit black students under pressure from President Kennedy • Video
College Integration • University of Mississippi (1962) • President Kennedy sends U. S. Marshalls to escort James Meredith to class • Video
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 • Ruby Bridges (1960) • Bridges integrates Louisiana school • Video
Elementary and High Schools • Plyler v. Doe (1982) • Children of undocumented immigrants have right to public education • Video