Story Line:
Religious tolerance has helped Americans
negotiate and maintain many differences in identity, outlook, and politics.
But religious pluralism, sadly, was not enough to break the cycle of racial
segregation. The case for integrating the schools was fought for years
through legal channels. Brown v. Board of Education quietly
worked its way through the appeal system and reached the Supreme court
in 1954. It was a major victory for civil rights followed by massive resistance
on the part of all-white schools.
Review Questions for Discussion X
- DJ2306200057 - Significance of Brown
- Eisenhower on religion, 1953
- John Courtnay Murray, We Hold These Truths, 1960
- Brown v. Board of Education, 1954
- Southern Manifesto against Brown v. Board
- They Closed the Schools (1959), 1965
- George C. Wallace, Proclamation at the University of Alabama, 1963
Images for lecture 20:
 Wall of Separation |
 Police Protection for a Young Student |
 Riot in Maryland |
 White Mobs Taunt Elizabeth Eckford |
 Desegregation Stalled in September, 1957 |
 Integrating Central High |