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Be suspended or expelled for the kinds of things we would see as every day bad behavior. these little kids get adultfied very early on, from 5 years old, even earlier, pre-k. yet this is the upper west side, right. we are not talking about the first district of, you know, some location where people are not interested in school integration. i would presume most say they value it as part of whats important to them. >> yes, i think so, coming back to this concept of common ground, is understand tha...

Holding of brown. restricting what methods schools could use to achieve racial integration. finally, in 2007, the roberts court struck down a voluntary plan to integrate seattle and louisville schools. roberts writing that the way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race. now, 60 years after the supreme court ruled on brown versus the board of education, many of the countrys school districts remain as segregated as they were in 1954. many of the ...

Louisville schools. roberts writing that the way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race. now, 60 years after the supreme court ruled on brown versus the board of education, many of the countrys school districts remain as segregated as they were in 1954. many of the most iconic images of school integration came from the south, but today according to the ucla civil rights project, the south is the least segregated region for black students. and i...

In 1959 two years after president eisenhower dispatched several troops toless rock, arkansas, to enforce school integration, los angeles lakers star elgin baylor refused to suit up for a game in charleston, west virginia. he declined to register baylor and two black players to stay at that hotel. according to the interview, baylor didnt make a fuss and didnt go to the newspapers. he just refused to play.

Position on same session marriage." joining me now, justice correspondent pete williams. it was andrea mitchell who said this is the reason why elections matter and have ramifications. and also an example of the key decisions. >> reporter: probably mostly the states electing a democratic attorney general and governor. now, what the attorney general says is that virginia is certainly a key foundation on liberty in america, but that sometimes its been on the wrong side of important issues. it foug...

John roberts, the supreme court has weighed into just about every issue facing americans. obamacare, gun rights, terrorism, abortion, immigration, campaign spending, voting rights, re, gender discrimination, capital punishment, school integration, global warming, animal cruelty, video game regulation and miranda warnings. >> that felt like master piece theater. >> our next guest wrote about four of the most important controversies before the court in her new book, the roberts court. the struggle...

Mississippi takes effect on sunday. tonight, the owner of the states only clinic said her doctors tried to get admitting privileges to hospitals just as soon as the governor signed the bill. they have applied to five hospitals within 30 miles of the lone clinic in the state. they have not been given those privileges anywhere. and everybody knew they wouldnt. the last clinic in mississippi turned to a federal court for help. they asked the court to block the new law. in the countkunlcountry when ...

Court for help. they asked the court to block the new law. in the country when constitutional rights are threatened by the action of the state government, we count on the federal government to step in and stop the state from doing that. we have seen that with school integration and voting rights. here with this constitutionally protected right, the answer depends on a court in jackson, mississippi. the clinics owner tells us, if the court decides anything, she will open her business on monday, i...

Amazingly no one was hurt. controversy over a design of a planned memorial honoring president eisenhower making it all of the way to capitol hill. chief washington correspondent james rosen. >> the most famous like the gooing enhimes museum have been fan its cal works of structure and daring. frank gary hit a brick wall in his plans to honor a towering figure. >> acclaimed man the world over for his leadership. >> dwight d. eisenhower was not only the supreme allied commander during world war ...

Guggenheim museum or the stata center at m.i.t., have been fantastical works, but now at 83, frank garry has hit a brick wall. >> acclaimed by free men the world over. >> reporter: dwight d. eisenhower was the supreme allied commander and conqueror of the nazis and liberator of nazi prison camps, but americas 34th president, builder of our national highway system, enforcer of school integration. and on tuesday, his granddaughters conveyed to a house natural resources subcommittee, the familys di...