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But the vast majority of segregated schools were not integrated until many years later. Many interviewees of the Civil Rights History Project recount a long, painful struggle that scarred many students, teachers, and parents.
- The March on Washington
For many Americans, the calls for racial equality and a more...
- Voting Rights
When Reconstruction ended in 1877, states across the South...
- Youth in The Civil Rights Movement
At its height in the 1960s, the Civil Rights Movement drew...
- The Murder of Emmett Till
The murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till in 1955 brought...
- Nonviolent Philosophy and Self Defense
The success of the movement for African American civil...
- Women in The Civil Rights Movement
Many women played important roles in the Civil Rights...
- The March on Washington
Jan 15, 2018 · In 1957, three years after the Supreme Court declared segregated schools unconstitutional, nine black students were chosen by the NAACP to try and integrate Central High School in Little Rock,...
Jul 6, 2020 · Although integration did allow Black students to gain access to what Uphurch referred to as “big name schools,” with Black educators and administrators out of the picture, white school leaders ...
Oct 4, 2021 · Stories of peaceful transition to integration are less known than stories of white defiance. The Supreme Court case was named for a lawsuit that originated in Topeka, Kansas, in 1951, opposing...
- Charise Cheney
Oct 14, 2004 · Over the last half-century we have received mixed messages about whether such efforts were worth the trouble. From the popular press we have heard of more failures than successes - of lingering black-white test score gaps and white flight from urban school districts.
May 16, 2018 · Brown v. Board of Education. The landmark case began as five separate class-action lawsuits brought by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) on behalf of Black...
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May 30, 2021 · Despite the efforts to destroy and colonize Indigenous peoples’ culture, Indigenous livelihood has persisted. However, residential schools have created a detrimental intergenerational effect. Residential schools laid the foundation for the epidemic we see within Indigenous communities today.
