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Series that makes it fun and a entertaining so kids can find out america is really a great country and found out who the heck the first president was. >> bill: this is doing well, right? >> its doing very well. >> learn our history.com. >> right. >> bill: thats why i wrote killing lincoln. i want every teenager and every adolescent in this country because they dont know anything. >> they know nothing. >> 12% of high school seniors even know what the impact of brown vs. board of education. its pr...

Four years after brown vs. board of education rather than admit 17 black students assigned by the norfolk school board governor jay lindsay almond jr. seized norfolks all white junior and high schools and ordered them closed. a fierce legal battle ensued. that included a strategy called "massive resistance." they remained closed until february 2nd, 1959, when they reopened with the 17 black students in attendance after rulings by the virginia supreme court and the u.s. district court in norfolk....

Right away, the sidewalk areas in state property. so there was a lawsuit in 2002 where they lost in brown vs. california where somebody was hanging a flag over the overpass, and so they basically said well we lost this case in the ninth circuit court of appeal so now were going to use a broad brush and apply it to every place in the state right away nobody is allowed to fly the flag i and caltrans consides the flag free speech. they are saying its free speech instead of the symbol of our country...

Quest for equality began when she was 8. outraged that she had to attend a different school, sylvias parents linked arms with other families to fight in court, a case that would pave the way for brown vs. board of education. when a classmate taunted sylvia saying that mexicans didnt belong that, she went home in tears, begging to leave the school. her mother told sylvia, dont you realize, thats why we went to court. you are just as good as he is. sylvia took those words to heart and shes made it...

Problem with kids they ought to deal with the problem with the kids in school. i dont think race should be a consideration. >> not all of the students are failing. they are implementing this program to see -- they already have success rates going on now this started the middle of december. the parents -- [ talking over each other ] >> i havent read anything about students complaining. this is a volunteer program. >> you never read about students complaining about segregation. because segregation...

Problem with kids they ought to deal with the problem with the kids in school. i dont think race should be a consideration. >> not all of the students are failing. they are implementing this program to see -- they already have success rates going on now this started the middle of december. the parents -- [ talking over each other ] >> i havent read anything about students complaining. this is a volunteer program. >> you never read about students complaining about segregation. because segregation...

Again we need to confirm this was that maybe both -- its in both sides interest to issue a stay. nobody wants anybody to be in legal limbo right now and there are a lot of iterations that you need to go through. and this is a decision the judge will make. were going to find out soon enough, wolf. but in listening to dan, the decision is really exactly what ted olsen and david boise, one liberal democrat, one conservative republican lawyer, on opposing sides in bush vs. gore, this is exactly what...

It just sent the case back to the lower court. legal analysts are saying todays decision virtually guarantees that the court will overturn the ban the ruling also says some restrictions on guns may still indeed be unconstitutional on this ruling. james rosen sorting through it all before the supreme court tonight. >> for gun ownership advocates who have been seeking for decades to get the supreme court to recognize an individuals right to own a handgun under the second amendment, todays ruling i...

>> nine. >> ten. >> ten is incorrect. >> several. >> several is correct. >> who is your favorite supreme court justice of all time? >> ruth bader ginsburg. >> what about the one with abortion. wasnt that a big one? >> i would say brown vs. the board of education. >> what did that decide? >> that decided the fate of african-americans in education in the united states of america including my own. >> roe versus wade. >> come on, sir. >> im not sure. >> you have won. >> i know i have. >> i dont care...