The road to Brown / a presentation of the University of Virginia ; executive producer, William Elwood ; produced and directed by Mykola Kulish ; written by William Elwood, Larry Adelman, Gary Weimberg, Larry Daressa, Mykola Kulish.

The road to Brown / a presentation of the University of Virginia ; executive producer, William Elwood ; produced and directed by Mykola Kulish ; written by William Elwood, Larry Adelman, Gary Weimberg, Larry Daressa, Mykola Kulish.

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Presents the role of the Black lawyer, Charles Houston, in the landmark Supreme Court case of Brown vs. Board of Education which overturned segregation.The road to Brown tells the story of the Brown v. Board of Education ruling as the culmination of a brilliant legal assault on segregation that laun...

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Online Access: Streaming video (Emerson users only)
Contributors: Elwood, William A. (Film producer, Screenwriter), Kulish, Mykola (Film producer, Film director, Screenwriter), Adelman, Larry (Screenwriter), Weimberg, Gary (Screenwriter), Daressa, Lawrence (Screenwriter), Jones, Steven A. (Narrator)
Corporate Contributors: University of Virginia., California Newsreel (Firm)
Format: Electronic Video
Language:English
Published: [United States] : [California Newsreel], 1990.
Subjects:
Houston, Charles Hamilton, > 1895-1950.
Discrimination in education > Law and legislation > United States.
Segregation in education > Law and legislation > United States.
African American lawyers > Biography.
Lawyers > United States > Biography.
African Americans > Civil rights > United States.
Genre/Form:Educational films, Internet videos, Documentaries and Factual Films, Webcast, Biographical films, Historical films, Documentary films, Feature films, Nonfiction films, Video recordings for the hearing impaired, Internet videos
Table of Contents:
  • Southern Schools: 1990s v. 1950s (1:05)
  • Houston: The Man Who Killed Jim Crow (1:34)
  • Slavery, Emancipation, & Constitutional Amendments (3:11)
  • Plessy v. Ferguson (1:34)
  • Separate But Equal (1:53)
  • Jim Crow Violence (1:13)
  • Charles Hamilton Houston: Early Life & Education (1:27)
  • Houston's WWI Duty & Civil Rights Epiphany (2:08)
  • Houston at Harvard Law (1:04)
  • Houston as Dean of Howard University (1:33)
  • Houston & NAACP (1:35)
  • Houston's Long-Term Strategy (1:06)
  • Houston's NAACP Documentary Project (0:57)
  • First Victory: Murray v. Maryland (1:50)
  • Second Victory: Equalization of Teachers' Salaries (3:39)
  • Third Victory: Gaines v. Missouri (2:07)
  • Houston's Work for Railroad Industry Integration (2:12)
  • Work Ethic & Accomplishments (2:31)
  • Houston's Death & Remembrance (1:17)
  • Integration Victories Before Brown v. Board of Education (3:26)
  • Brown v. Board of Education: Basis for Suit & Legal Teams (2:34)
  • Brown v. Board of Education: Arguments & Trial (1:15)
  • Brown v. Board of Education: Ruling & Civil Rights Victory (2:52)
  • Boycott of Desegregation & KKK Terrorist Attacks (1:46)
  • Civil Rights Movement (2:28)
  • Civil Rights Act & Voting Rights Act (1:21)
  • The Road Continues (2:57)
  • Houston's Forecast for a Better Future (1:30)
  • Credits: The Road to Brown (2:12).

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