Supreme Court Landmark Case Brown v. Board of Education
Jeffrey Rosen and Tomiko Brown-Nagin talked about the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education, in which the court… read more
Jeffrey Rosen and Tomiko Brown-Nagin talked about the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education, in which the court unanimously ruled that separate public schools were not equal, reversing previous court decisions. The guests also responded to viewer questions and comments. Video clips were shown of Linda Brown Thompson January 12, 2004; Thurgood Marshall; tours of the National Archives at Philadelphia; Thelma Dye demonstrating the "Clark doll test"; background video of a Universal newsreel about the appointment of Chief Justice Earl Warren; April 16, 1957, interview of Thurgood Marshall by Mike Wallace; background video of the desegregation of Little Rock, Arkansas; Chief Justice Earl Warren being interviewed in 1969; and Justice Thurgood Marshall in 1988. close
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