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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? >> it's doing very well. >> learn our history.com. >> right. >> bill: that's why i wrote killing lincoln. i want every teenager and every adolescent in this country because they don't know anything. >> they know nothing. >> 12% of high school seniors even know what the impact of brown vs. board of education. it's pretty scary. they don't understand. they are sitting with a classroom. crazy. >> bill: good to se...

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 norfolk's 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. these are the kinds of things that america has been through that we've been able to overcome. i ca...

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 we're 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 it's free speech instead of the symbol of our country. alisyn: as i understand it they are using the slippery slope argument that we've heard so much. ...

Quest for equality began when she was 8. outraged that she had to attend a different school, sylvia's 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 didn't belong that, she went home in tears, begging to leave the school. her mother told sylvia, don't you realize, that's why we went to court. you are just as good as he is. sylvia took those words to heart and she's made it her mission to spread a message of tolerance and opportunity to children of all backgrounds an...

Problem with kids they ought to deal with the problem with the kids in school. i don't 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 haven't read anything about students complaining. this is a volunteer program. >> you never read about students complaining about segregation. because segregation used to be fashion able. excuse me i'm trying to speak. as we've found in brown vs. board of educ...