Brown v. Board of Education in PBS' The Supreme Court

[jackfire55]

I cant help but think who cares about the human rights of whites.

Article 20 of the U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) states: 1.Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association. 2.No one may be compelled to belong to an association.

[nolanbmore]

1:54

[ashstone503]

Man my dad remembers this crap. I can't believe this actually happened back in the day.

[GOFLuvr]

Thurgood Marshall was dead right when he argued that "separate can never be equal"! The only person that deserved to be a Supreme Court Justice as much as Thurgood Marshall, is John Marshall. (Amazing coincidence both men share the same last name.)

[heartlessvietboy]

It's not Separate but Equal. It's Equal but Separate. For Equal is the Majority and "First in Line", not Separate. It's Equal Rights but Separate Facilities. It's allowing Equal Rights but Separate Worlds. You don't tell the population Separate but Equal because most of the Population is Majority Anglo-American. Is it Separate but Equal Law or is it Equal but Separate Law? Thats why everything is all twisted and screwed up in America because their writing is backwards.

[JillsTheme]

Seperate but equal is one of the most ridiculous yet the most briliant (in the judge's point of view) decisions the Supreme Court has ever come up with though there are many other.

[wtong89]

Becuase of the Supreme Court's decisions, we today enjoy awesome sport games provided by the NBA, NFL and etc etc.

[WorldPlot]

Go for it, mate - the only thing is, I'm not the copyright holder :-|... It is an extract the PBS 4-four series "The Supreme Court"... I have only posted it for my students...

[WorldPlot]

Go for it, mate - the only thing is, I'm not the copyright holder :-|...

[hchvideos2010]

I need 45 seconds for National History Day. May i please use it?

[MrLongSofty]

This is sad seeing how the world used to be... it's still a messed up place but for years white people in power worked to keep black people from having an equal shot at life.

[DorkyN3rd]

NHD too. Really not enjoying the project. >_<

[EastSydeHoods]

Brown II came along a year later and allowed segregation to continue...and it still does to this day.

[RiddlerMiddler]

@oogabaga29 as do I am doing a NHD project and if you want we can exchange info.

[purefaith6]

@RiddlerMiddler im doing an NHD project as well >_>

[sickboytodd]

@tbozfan10 - yeah ur right, racism was probably all around me as a kid in Ky. Bt iv always had my head up my ass. I mean to start, Im a tattooed rock musician living in hollywood california for the past 21yrs.....

2nd, I had cool parents, and during the late 1970's - 80's i was totally obsessed with sk8 boarding.

GO VOTE and make a noise.

Squeaky wheel gets the grease. Just look at the old tea baggers.

Fight.

[TheAli426]

Great Video.... great moment in history. 

[boxwolf1]

Now its the White Man that needs protection.

[phREaker419]

@boxwolf1 Really? I'm white and I don't feel I need protection. I'm not being beaten in the street or having my church planted with dynamite by pointy hoods because I'm white.

btw I don't know if it means anything to you but "we whites" also happen to have the majority of wealth and prosperity in this country don't we? and last I remember "we" had about oh, 43 of the last Presidents of the United States being white didn't we? Tell me, am I a race traitor for saying these things?

[tbozfan10]

@boxwolf1 Where did you get that from? Your last Klan rally? From Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck??! You're a joke.

[boxwolf1]

@tbozfan10 - From observation.(I'm black by the way). Sarcasm is indeed a tool, but it is not sharper than the truth. You're not a bad guy, in fact you seem intelligent. But it is for that very reason that it is important for someone like you ti think outside of the box and beyond the feedings of the media.

[boxwolf1]

That does not mean that by doing so you will necessarily come to different conclusions than the ones you believe now. However, it will empower you, as your ideas and observation will be your own and you will be able to promulgate them with confiden, rather than through cliche lines and easy rhetoric.

Good Luck

[Paul9951]

the Supreme Court unanimously struck down Arkansas' segregated school system and reaffirmed Brown v. Board in Cooper v. Aaron (1958).

i don't think you can undermine the significance of the Brown decision.

[ieodksnw787]

kids should also be taught about Brown II and Cooper v. Aaron before leaping to the conclusion that the Supreme Ct. is some kind of morally heroic institution.

[tbozfan10]

@ieodksnw787 That doesn't change the fact of this case, which was the right thing to do. The Supreme Court has done good and bad, but that doesn't diminish the outcome of Brown v. Board..

[vve1vve1]

very emotional.

[sickboytodd]

The south was scared that everybody would like each other. Filthy.

Viva multiculturalism. Thank god Equality won.

I'm a white, born in Ky, but I'm 37 years old, I never saw any crap like that, we were totally integrated and it never crossed me nor my friends minds that any of this evil took place in our home town. This was a sad shocking tale that our parents told. The whole thing sickens and angers me that this even was considered to be the norm. Christian Nation my ass!

[tbozfan10]

@sickboytodd I think you're being far too kind. I don't know about you, but I'm from Louisiana. I'm 21 years old and my entire family were mostly racist bigots as most the white kids at my school. They don't admit it and sometimes don't even know, but they classify every black person as lazy, on welfare, and rapists, etc.. It's abomidiable. 60% of the South, mainly Whites, don't believe the President of the United States was born in America, but in Africa!

[advisory0401]

thanks warren ,black , douglas, Marshall....

[lTlaai]

Ha, it finish my homework.

[ryardley123456]

great and informative video