The road to Brown
Description
Presents the role of Charles Hamilton Houston in the cases which let to the landmark Supreme Court case of Brown vs. Board of Education. Gives background history of segregation, Jim Crow laws, NAACP and bio-data on persons influential in the desegregation movement.
Runtime
58 min
Series
Subjects
- Discrimination in education (26)
- Civil rights workers (162)
- Segregation in education (19)
- African Americans (1140)
- Constitutional history (105)
- African American lawyers (4)
Contributor
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
1990
Database
Alexander Street
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