After Brown v. Board
Clip: Season 35 Episode 7 | 4m 47s
Brown v. Board of Education Didn't End Segregation.
Twenty years after the landmark Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education, most schools across the country hadn't integrated. Then the courts stepped in, again.
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After Brown v. Board
Clip: Season 35 Episode 7 | 4m 47s
Twenty years after the landmark Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education, most schools across the country hadn't integrated. Then the courts stepped in, again.
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The Battle for Bilingual Education
Clip: S35 Ep7 | 4m 41s | How Asian and Latino activists took on the education system in Boston and won. (4m 41s)
The Busing Battleground: Who's Who
Clip: S35 Ep7 | 59s | In September 1974, Boston schools prepared to integrate via a court-mandated busing plan. (59s)
Chapter 1 | The Busing Battleground
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Clip: S35 Ep7 | 11m 9s | Watch a preview of The Busing Battleground. (11m 9s)
Clip: S35 Ep7 | 2m 18s | Bill Russell addressed the thousands of students gathered for the Freedom Stay-Out. (2m 18s)
Trailer | The Busing Battleground
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Preview: S35 Ep7 | 1m 53s | Revisit 1970s Boston, when court-mandated school integration unleashed racial unrest. (1m 53s)
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Corporate sponsorship for American Experience is provided by Liberty Mutual Insurance and Carlisle Companies. Major funding by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.