Hoxie - the First Stand

To watch the entire documentary, to read background information and to order DVDs, visit: http://newsreel.org/video/HOXIE-THE-FIRST-STAND
How many people know that the first battle to implement the Brown vs Board of Education school desegregation decision was fought in the small, rural town of Hoxie, Arkansas? Or that it became a flashpoint because it offered a peaceful alternative to the bloody Massive Resistance campaigns of the next decade? Hoxie sparked the first deployment of federal agents in support of integration and the first court order overturning state segregation laws. But it also showed that unscrupulous politicians would fan unfounded fears into violent anti-government fury, all too reminiscent of similar movements today.

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[TheGoldenchild911]

Do you have this entire documentary? My mother graduated from Hoxie in 1962, and she saw the original airing and they show a photograph of her in part of it. She is gone now and I would like to show her grandchildren. Please let me know how you got it!!! Thank you so!!!