Lemonada.

Hi, it's Claire, and I produce In Recovery.

Our team is excited to be giving you a sneak preview of another new Lemonada Media series called After-1954.

Brown v. Board of Education held the promise of creating an integrated school system with equal education

for all. But what you may not know is that tens of thousands of black teachers lost their jobs in the wake

of that Supreme Court decision, leaving a gap that reverberated through generations of students

to come. Hosted by educator and nonprofit leader Ami U.BDavis, this impactful five-part series spans the decades

to provide an important look at the impact a black educator can have on a black student's life,

the future of black education, and who we become when we see ourselves reflected in leaders around us.

We're going to play you a clip with the first episode right now.

To hear the rest of the

episode, search for after-1954 wherever you get your podcast. You can also check out the link

in the episode notes. The Supreme Court is due to make a decision pretty soon, sir.

Certainly there are none who believe that all states would react calmly to the Supreme Court decision.

This is and has been an issue which, like it or not, we had to face eventually.

On May 17, this court ruled unanimously that segregation in public schools was not legal.

Those are the sounds of news programs from the 1950s when the United States had made a promise

to black students that we would have equal access to education.

But what happened afterwards?

What stories did we lose in the fight to integrate our public schools?

I'm Ami U.ubanks-Davis, and this is after 1954. I want to tell you a story about my education as a black student. I grew up on the south side of the city of Chicago. We're in elementary

school, my three siblings and I got a strong education. We lived in all black neighborhoods,

...