Last week we explored the legal strategy that went into the Brown v. Board of Education decision. Mr. Kramer used this powerpoint lecture to lead us through the strategy and then we looked at the key excerpts from the decision itself to understand the change in the law as a result of the strategy. When looking at the decision in CDW or AR, make sure that you understand the holding and the reasoning behind it.
We also looked at the decision's direct impact on schools by watching a video about the integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957. You can watch a long form of the video HERE (the first 30 minutes or so highlight the Little Rock 9). We discussed the different forms of resistance shown from multiple perspectives in the story.
We closed the week by reading a fictionalized account of the Emmett Till case and then a short VIDEO showing the key elements of the story. We discussed the different forms of resistance shown by Emmett Till, Mamie Till Bradley, Mose Wright, as well as J.T. Milam and Roy Bryant.
We then talked about how the "Emmett Till" generation would react to the Jim Crow society that continued around them first by looking back at Little Rock, and then by watching this VIDEO about the Sit-In movement in Nashville in 1960.
