Brown v. Board of Education and the unfulfilled hopes for racial reform
Bell, Derrick A
2004
Presents an arguement by law scholar Derrick Bell that because of the perversity of racism, "Brown v. Board of Education" underminded African-American children's educational needs.
Chronicles the history of desegregation in public schools, discusses how some schools are quietly fighting to reinstate segregation, and explains why those efforts will be harmful to minority students.
The Dare family heads to Florida to seek their fortune in oranges after the death of their mother, but when the local sheriff tries to ban them from the all-white school, it takes a court case that will divide the town to determine their fate.
Presents the various trials of the Brown v. Board of Education case, the final Supreme Court decision, and the impact of the case on the issue of segregation in education.
A photographic documentary of the events of 1957 when the governor of Arkansas moved to block desegregation of public schools by calling out the national guard to keep nine African-American students from entering Little Rock's Central High.
A history of African-American education, tracing the struggles of African-Americans for equal education rights from colonial times through the late twentieth century.
