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In 1955, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that public schools should be racially integrated, and overturned the separate but equal doctrine established in Plessy v Ferguson decades before. This was made possible by a concerted legal effort spearheaded by the NAACP. Beginning in the 1930s, the NAACP's legal defense fund (led by Thurgood Marshall at the time of the Brown Decision) pursued a strategy of bringing cases to court that would expand the civil rights of Black Americans. This multi-decade effort culminated in the Brown decision, with many other victories along the way.
First Air Date : May 07, 2021
Last Air date : Nov 09, 2022
Episode : 51 Episode
Season : 1 Season
Runtime: 14:14 minutes
Studio: YouTube
Country: Canada, United States of America
Cast: Clint Smith