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On this day in 1962, james meredith tried to become the first black student to enroll at the university of mississippi. while the landmark supreme court ruling at brown versus board of education declared school segregation unconstitutional in 1954, many southern schools openly defied the ruling. when meredith applied to ole miss, his application was repeatedly refused. so finally, thurgood marshall and naacp legal defense fund filed a lawsuit on his behalf. the case reached the u.s. supreme cour...

Responded to that terrible terrible shooting where there were no riots and you had 15,000 young young feem on the bridge that 3-mile long bridge, white and black altogether says a lot about the future of the state and the future of the south, i think. these people these are people who know each other. they have gone to school together and the north, the schools today are far more segregated as a result of chief justice john roberts decisions a decade or so ago on school segregation in the north ...

For same-sex marriage advocates in the supreme court yet? >> oh yes, indeed jake. you know there are certain indelible dates in the history of the supreme court. may 17th, 1954 the date of brown versus board of education, which ended school segregation. december 12th, 2000 bush v. gore which ended the election. and june 26 2015 is going to be on this list because this is a profound change in american life that has come with explosive speed in the history of social movements. remember it was only...

As richard points out, there are no real republican leaders on civil rights or voting rights aside from jim sen sen brener. >> alex, good to be with professor ogletree, its important as we celebrate the 50th anniversary to understand its passage was a bipartisan exercise. led by president johnson. that its passage was a a part of civil activism, marches, popular movement which took place that really held the country accountable which led to the passage of the civil rights of 1964. that that pass...

Slope collegiate referenced. she knows exactly where legal lines are of what the schools can and cannot do. voluntary systems of parents, black and white, latino, different races who came together and said lets come up with a voluntary plan to have our kids attend desegregated schools. the supreme court comes in and says, no, thats the unconstitutional. >> basically if we want race to go away, we need to stop acting like race still exists. the way to stop discriminating on basis of race is to st...

Voluntary models. the case that was referenced, what the school can and cant do. a voluntary system of parents, black and white, with a voluntary plan to have our kids attend desegregated schools. the supreme court comes in and says, no, thats the unconstitutional. >> senates right. what chief justice roberts said, if we want race to go away, we need to stop acting like race still exists. the way to stop discriminating on basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race. the problem ...

Slope collegiate referenced. she knows exactly where legal lines are of what the schools can and cannot do. voluntary systems of parents, black and white, latino, different races who came together and said lets come up with a voluntary plan to have our kids attend desegregated schools. the supreme court comes in and says, no, thats the unconstitutional. >> basically if we want race to go away, we need to stop acting like race still exists. the way to stop discriminating on basis of race is to st...

You had a math national championship. to break that up, thats something i think i will never really understand. central is a high poverty, high minority school. right now that data is reflecting that situation. >> here with me now reporter and atlanta contributor nicole anna jones. >> what prompt youed to do this piece? >> i long have been interested in the issue of segregation, and i spent the prior two years focussing on housing segregation, that is closely linked school segregation. i turned ...

But a startling new study shows segregation is still alive and well in american schools. and not necessarily where you would expect. a new study from the ucla civil rights project reveals that new york has the most segregated schools in the country. almost 30% of new york schools have fewer than 10% white students. and the typical black or latino student in new york attends a school where nearly 70% of their classmates are from low-income families. here in chicago, school segregation is alive an...

Lawyers argued the washington, d.c. portion of the case. their argument, school segregation was a violation of liberty. the decision would have a direct impact on the first high school in the country, dunbar high school in washington, d.c. opened in 1870 and despite being segregated, it developed ground breaker after ground breaker. including george hayes. one of the lawyers who argued the case. and charles hamilton houston, the lawyer known as the man who killed jim crow. this year a great book...