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Stuff You Missed in History Class

The Road to Brown v. Board

Stuff You Missed in History Class

iHeartPodcasts

History, Society & Culture

4.224.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2015

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

It would be next to impossible to have ever had a class on American history or the American Civil Rights Movement and not heard about Brown v. Board. But the case is much more complicated than just one child in one segregated school system.

Transcript

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0:30.7

Welcome to Stuffy Mist in History Class from HowStuffWorks.com.

0:41.7

Hello and welcome to the podcasters. I'm Tracy B. Wilson, and I'm Holly Fry.

0:46.7

The other day, we had an episode that was about Plessy versus Ferguson.

0:50.7

So that was the US Supreme Court case that made racial segregation in the United States legal,

0:55.7

and in some interpretations actually encouraged,

0:59.7

as long as separate facilities for the different races were equal.

1:02.7

So today's episode will definitely be easier to follow if you've already listened to that one first.

1:08.7

And what we're going to talk about today is the road to Brown vs Board of Education,

1:13.7

which is the Supreme Court ruling that overturned Plessy versus Ferguson.

1:18.7

It would be next to impossible to have ever had a class on American history

1:22.7

or the American Civil Rights Movement and have not heard the name Brown vs Board,

1:27.7

but just like with Plessy versus Ferguson, for a lot of people,

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