Prelude: The Back of the Bus Takes a Front Seat

The Montgomery Bus Boycott makes the nation come face-to-face with the rottenness of segregation and the Jim Crow south. For 380 days, black citizens of Montgomery, Alabama refused to ride the city buses. But it was a decision by the federal courts that gave them ultimate victory. Fred Grey, the lead attorney in the case Browder v. Gayle reflects on the legal efforts associated with the effort that launched Martin Luther King, Jr. to national prominence.
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Brown v. Board of Education Series, Pt. 2: In Deliberate Speed

Charles S. Johnson, III returns to talk about Brown 1 and the two arguments the lawyers made in the Supreme Court and how Brown 2 continues to shape the landscape of higher education.
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Brown v. Board of Education Series, Pt. 1: Goodbye To Separate But Equal

The case of Brown v. Board of Education is perhaps the best-known lawsuit from the civil rights era. But how it started – and what it really meant – remains a mystery to this day. Legal historian and attorney Charles S. Johnson, III breaks down the beginnings of the four cases that were part of the Brown decision and talks about all the lawyers who were involved in this historic decision.
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Prelude: Brown v. Board of Education Series

The case of Brown v. Board of Education is perhaps the best-known lawsuit from the civil rights era. But how it started – and what it really meant – remains a mystery to this day. Legal historian and attorney Charles S. Johnson, III breaks down the beginnings of the four cases that were part of the Brown decision and talks about all the lawyers who were involved in this historic decision.
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