In 1896, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that segregation was legal, on a “separate but equal” basis. But for more than five decades, life for black and white Americans was seldom equal, but always separate.
To fight segregation, the NAACP and others exposed the dismal and debasing conditions in black schools. They won a monumental victory in Brown v. Board of ... Show More
Oct 2018
Civil Rights - Prairie Fire | 4
<p>As the Civil Rights movement entered the Sixties, a new generation of activists took the fore. Frustrated by the pace of progress but emboldened by strides made in the previous decade, students embraced “nonviolent direct action,” protest techniques that were provocative but p ... Show More
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Sep 2011
The Freedom Riders: CORE's First Wave
<p>In 1961, buses and terminals in the South were illegally segregated. The Civil Rights group CORE sent riders to test the law, riding from D.C., to New Orleans. However, no one was prepared for the violence that waited in Alabama. Tune in to learn more.</p><p> </p> Learn more a ... Show More
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Apr 2021
The Daughters of Malcolm and Martin
<p>Malcolm X and the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/01/14/martin-luther-king-jr-met-malcolm-x-just-once-the-photo-still-haunts-us-with-what-was-lost/" target="_blank">met just one time</a> in life, on March 26, 1964, d ... Show More
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