The Southern Manifesto [TEASER]

5-4

Prologue Projects

News Commentary, News, Government

4.6 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Proving once again that the sequel is always worse … we present Brown v. Board of Education II, and the rest of the cases that southern states used to try to delay integration, circumvent the Supreme Court's authority, and develop new legal strategies to preserve de facto segregation.

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5-4 is presented by Prologue Projects. Rachel Ward is our producer. Leon Neyfakh and Andrew Parsons provide editorial support. Our researcher is Jonathan DeBruin, and our website was designed by Peter Murphy. Our artwork is by Teddy Blanks at Chips NY, and our theme song is by Spatial Relations.

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0:00.0	the landmark Brown vs Board of Education case.
0:02.8	Revee-vee!
0:05.3	Hey everyone, this is Andrew Parsons from Proloy Projects.
0:14.5	I'm filling in for Leon while he's away.
0:17.4	And on this premium episode of Five to Four, Peter, Rian and Michael are talking about
0:22.1	the Southern Manifesto.
0:24.3	This was a document signed by nearly a fifth of the U.S. Congress, responding to the ruling
0:29.4	in Brown v Board of Education.
0:31.7	On May 17, this court ruled unanimously that segregation in public schools was not legal.
0:37.8	While Brown officially ended the policy of separate but equal, it did little to outline
0:42.6	how inequality would be rampated.
0:45.2	So Southern states banded together to implement an organized resistance integration.
0:50.9	And its effects are still felt today.
0:54.6	This is Five to Four, a podcast about how much the Supreme Court sucks.
1:07.7	Welcome to Five to Four, where we dissect and analyze the Supreme Court cases that have
1:12.3	undermined our civil rights, like Drew Barrymore, undermining organized labor.
1:16.8	It's got her.
1:17.8	I'm Peter.
1:18.8	I'm here with Rian and.
1:19.8	Hello.
1:20.8	Hi.
1:21.8	And Michael.
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