Fighting Back (1957-1962) Part 15

Description

The agency provided description reads as follows: This episode examines the law as a tool for change and resistance to change by documenting the collision between states' rights loyalists and federal authorities in the battles to desegregate education. It covers the court cases of the late 1940s that led to the 1954 Supreme Court Brown vs Board of Education decision, the stories of nine black teenagers who integrated Little Rock's Central High School in 1957, and James Meredith's 1962 challenge to the white-only enrollment policy at the University of Mississippi. The producers of this video are Blackside, Inc., Henry Hampton, and Orlando Bagwell.

Collection

Records of the U.S. Agency for Global Media

Series

Video Tape Programs and Worldnet Broadcasts