Transcripts For CSPAN2 Lectures 20240703

Of jim crow, Charles Hamilton houston and the to brown versus board of education. 1954. So today well talk a little bit about this major figure africanamerican history. Charles houston, whos really important because he uses american law to dismantle the legal structure, the system that supports and upholds racial segregation in america. Hes a phenomenal person. Most people dont know him, but theyre more familiar with his students. And well talk or ill just mention some of those individuals like thurgood marshall, First Supreme Court justice, as well, as pauli murray, who helped write the brief that leads to weve come to know today is title nine legislation and Constance Baker motley william hastily other individuals. That are associated with houston and the Howard University school of law houston is significant among other things, hes responsible for creating what becomes known as the civil rights lawyer is group and cadre of individuals that will use american constitutional law to fundamentally change racial segregation and dismantle racial segregation in. America so lets talk a little about Charles Hamilton houston and the of jim crow. Now there is a theres this idea on some scholars history that of us are sort of born for a purpose were born were not born accidentally, but born to meet and to respond to some challenge in our lives. And that definitely seems to be the case with Charles Hamilton houston. Houston is born in 1895, in d. C. Hes born a middle class africanamerican family. His father is a lawyer by training, father graduated from Howard University school of law. At this time African American lawyers late century, late 1800s, even american lawyers didnt really have didnt really make a lot of money. So you were a lawyer. Youre a black lawyer. And had an and that was sort of your practice. You generally had other job that you did. That was the case with Charles Hamilton houstons as well. But hes born in washington, d. C. , the middle class africanamerican family. And one year after his birth, we see the Supreme Court decision, plessy versus which really legalized jim crow, racial segregation through american law and sanctioned what becomes known as the separate but equal doctrine in american law. And doing so and doing so and this is very important. The versus ferguson case overthrows the equal protect 14th amendment, equal protection clause that gives essentially says everybody can come before the courts and the constitution and the laws are to apply to everybody in the same fashion. And so thats the circumstance within which hes born into. So we have to acknowledge that now houston is is as student as a young person, he was very he excelled in studies to say he graduated school at the age of 15. And he will enter into amherst college. Thats Prestigious College in the northeast. And hell finish his studies there. And following graduation from amherst, hell enlist into the us military during what will one as a second lieutenant. So hes one of the few black officers actually goes in and fights or goes to europe during world war one. Its very important because there are not many. But when we at Charles Hamilton houston as a figure, its important to understand that hes going to use his experience in the military, as well as his legal experience. Both of those things are going to really impact that and shape how he his approach to dismantling racial segregation in american law. Hes an officer so do understand that he thinks strategic lee when we look at houston of the things in world war one, one of the things that is really important to note is the experience that black officers go through during that time. We didnt talk about a lot about what we won at all and the experience black military personnel there. But just to give you some sort of idea, africanamerican soldiers were segregated. The general at the time. From there, a white counterparts, the general at the time who was commander over all u. S. Military personnel. His name was john j. Pershing. And he was over American Expeditionary forces that the sort of americas combat force that was sent to europe. Now the thing about pershing is that although he had at one point in his life commanded black soldiers by, the time that he becomes the commander over, American Military forces in europe, for one hes going to be implement ing the policy of the Wilson Administration is to, you know, segregate racially segregate the us military. And one of the things that he does in 1918 is he sends this memo to his french counterpart, to the allied high command, and the title of this memo is called the secret information secret information concerning. Its very important because it really does outline sort of the the approach of the us military to military personnel at the time one of the things that this this does now slow down a little bit because i know some of you were writing so but one of the things that this document does the secret information concerning blacks black troops is that pershing essentially tells his his counterparts in france that they sit not, you know, associate with fraternize black soldiers. They should not really give them any type sense of equality or commend them in any type way or give them any type or spoil the term that he uses. Is that his european counterparts did not spoil black military personnel. And so this is the situation that houston finds himself at the time. Now, in addition to this experience, when we look at his overall strategy, when we look at and ill talk about that in just a second, i talk about when he gets to howard law school, but when we talk about houston and his military experience. Its important to know whats referred to as the racial science of the day, racial science of the day. Okay. So in your notes, you put racial science and the racial of the day was based off of a of assumptions or or assertions. One of the fundamental premise is that supported or that shaped racial science of the day was this notion that people of african descent, African Americans, were fundamental early or fundamentally, emotionally being emotional beings. Emotional beings by emotional beings. Theyre really saying was really being said was that people of african descent, were mentally weak. Okay, now theres some gender context associated with emotion. The inability to reason and being mentally weak. But this was this was of this fundamental assertion. And because a science the racial science whenever the talk of integration would be broached. Youre talking about the experience of black soldiers at war, military soldiers or the integration at this time wasnt really even being. But the integration of black kids or children in public schools, in Higher Education, the notion was that, again that black people or africanamericans were emotional. And if you had to sort of write out and an equation that was associated with the experiment, because it was always couched as an experiment into. Gration the notion that blacks could fight alongside white soldiers or black children could sit alongside white children if you had to write out sort of sort of an equation or Research Question associated with the notion of this racial science, it would be that will exposure or would exposure to a hostile environment. It would expose it to a hostile environment and dose or bring about an emotional response yes on the part of the or africanamerican. Okay. Ill just say that again. For those of you who are your background is in science. So this is a Research Question and the Research Question is will expose you to a hostile environment in this case in combat. That would be war in school would be sort of the school experience. Right. Hostile environment, the independent variable, something that is manipulated. Bring about or induce an emotional response. An emotional response being that dependent variable, something that is being measured, put simply, will africanamericans break under the stress of or demands of the rigors of war or the rigors of of of academia. Okay. That was always what was being tested. And. Charles hamilton houston, in terms of his approach to law, one of the things that youll see when and well talk about it here, but for those of you who are going to law school was, Charles Hamilton houston, a little bit more the the the litigants, the naacp selects to. Go into the courts and challenge racial segregation in education most of them will be military veterans. There are a few that arent, but most of them will be military veterans. And it was all based off this notion that, you know, these individuals, this background, this experience where they can go into a space and sort of submit or subdue their emotional response to a very hostile environment that always a challenge. If you see the integration of, the little rock nine and the integration of central high school, all of that has to do with sort of being this notion that africanamericans have to the hostile environment subdue their emotional response. All right. In 1920, 1920, Charles Hamilton houston enters, Harvard University. Okay. And and as he did a student, he excels in his studies. Absolutely excels. In fact, houston becomes the first africanamerican editor of the harvard review, which was the first africanamerican editor of the harvard law review, the nations foremost foremost sort of scholarly legal journal at the time. This is someone who was editing the, you know the scholarship thats coming through that journal is the head of it. And to give you some parallel one of the only the few other africanamerican editors of the harvard law review was morocco. Okay. So its an amazing, accomplished man that he achieves at this early age. In, 1922, Charles Hamilton houston graduate with his bachelors of law from Harvard University. Again, hes thinking strategic about how hes going to dismantle racial segregation the law and houston, as someone needs data, he needs information, he needs to sort of see where the problem lies. Okay. He spends another two years at harvard. He gets his doctors of law. But in 1924, when he comes out, Charles Hamilton houston takes a survey. He does a survey of, the u. S. South and africanamerican access to lawyers in us south. Okay. Okay. At the time, there are about 9 million africanamericans living the south. Now, the question i have, you nijmegen, africanamericans, how many black lawyers do you think were living in the at that time . Well, working in the south at that time, 9 million africanamericans there are going to be black lawyers. How do you do you think were working on behalf of African American interests serving clientele at that time, 9 million. I mean, thats a lot of black lawyers. You expect anybody as ever im sorry, you said 210. Thats thats thats very modest. But okay. No, thats a good ten backpacked through all the south, the whole south, all the states best. Okay. Thats why. Yes. 45 1 to 25 lawyers. Okay. For 9 million, thats hes a thousand maybe. Okay. Maybe a million. So one for every nine. Okay. Anyone else i make you say no a couple of hundred. A couple hundred. Okay, lets. Doesnt seem realistic. Not really about now. Theres about a million, maybe a. Anybody else out number, perhaps 9 million tied to a south. 100,000 was a oh ill out some zeros. It was a hundred was a hundred black lawyers for a population nine made obviously some folks interests are being served. So what is what is that what does somebody do the math one that means as one lawyer serving the interest how many African Americans americans my million divided by what about a thousand 10,000. Oh is it 90,000. Yeah, 90,000. One lawyer for 90,000 people. Its quite absurd but. But what this demonstrate to houston was that obviously the legal interest of african were not being supported and you have to challenge that you have to do something if he was going to actually fundamentally overthrow or approve the legal basis racial segregation he needed sort an army to do so. And by the time he gets through excuse me with Howard University school of law, which becomes the citadel really within the mid 20th century for the training of African American civil lawyers or for civil rights lawyers. By the time gets to nearly a quarter, nearly a quarter of 25 of all African American lawyers will be trained at how University School of law. Thats how fundamental sort of his are how sort of the influence that he has on sort of legal history at this time. Now, after he graduates from Harvard University, hes done his studies and hes done his surveys that hes taken to see what the situation is. Hell become part of the faculty at Howard University school of law. This was his fathers old alma mater, institution hes part of the faculty. Part of the faculty. You cant really implement a lot changes. But by 1929, its a very quick turnaround. By 1929, charles houston will become dean of the school law at Howard University. Thats very important its very important after this man is an officer, right . This man, he think strategically. Okay. And at an academic institution. And if you want to be transformed in terms creating opportunity is for your faculty to do innovate research, create opportunities for your students to do sort innovative studies and experiments. The position of dean is where that happens. Okay. All of the creativity, innovation that happens within, a college in a space happens at the level of the dean thats what transformation happens. And so those you looking at, you know, dont think about the degree that youre getting, but one day you might become a dean and. This is an individual who understood that if he was going to transform African Americans relationship to the law had to get that position. And he does so in a relatively short amount of time. Okay transformational. And so he begins 1929 begins to implement changes to how University School of that will lead to the emergence of the civil rights lawyer and what becomes known as brown versus board of education. Lets look at some of those changes. Lets talk about a few of those or initiatives that he that he makes. Most of these changes will place between 1929 and 1934, ones that im going to talk about happen within a two year period, 1929 to 1931. Okay. Can. You have to think of this as you know, the dean is like a coach. No way, you know, like a coach of a football team. And if you that coach and you to implement changes, what do you think the response going to be sometimes . Whats the response if you im coming in with a new system how people are going to respond over football or basketball or volleyball coach. Im changing everything. How are people going to respond to that . So some pushback. Okay. All right. And theres going to be some pushback and well about from who . From who, but what else some other changes or or response is to people implementing, new ideas and changes and change. There might be people who were looking for the change in someone probably had to be that person to do it. Okay definitely some of the students because one of the students, as i mentioned earlier will be thurgood marshall. Hell be part of it, sort of witnessed some of these changes. What else else hes trying to take away from potential funding or protesting. Its definitely so. Lets talk about what happens. Lets talk about the first change. So all of you are correct. Lets talk about the first change, adding new person. He has ideas that hes held within his his his his, you know, concepts within himself since he was at Harvard University actually, he was in the us military as an officer and the discrimination that he faced as an officer like i dont want to ever happen again to any africanamericans. And so hell begin to implement these changes. But hes not in the position yet until 1929. Lets talk about the first change. The first changes that he implements in 1929. He turns Howard University, terrence Howard University, school of law. From a part time night school to a full time day. Part time night school to a full time day. Nights. Thats a great question. Student does anybody have an answer . Ill on your colleagues for. 5050 was the night school because again at this time its what 1929 around the time its abc for you, its not going to get thats high marks. Its like a harvard or yale. So just like youre going sleep is not okay. I mean, what else cost yet and look at i dont think thats fair. Okay, so so what is your yeah. What do you do because it doesnt think thats. So what do you think might. Oh the maximum it is is for cameras. Okay. So nice. Cool bicep. Nice cool part time high school. Yeah. No, these people are, students, people working and people are working. And so theyre students. And as i mentioned, most lawyers are going to be making a lot of money. Its not until the great migration people begin to move northward until black lawyers for the most part will have the clientele to support 1930s really onward to africaamerican lawyers will have the the clientele to support them and they wont have to have other types of jobs. Okay. Theyre students, theyre working. And when he makes this change the population that is most upset are the alumni. All the alumni are upset. And they say to houston, you dont understand your students. Here you are with this Harvard University education coming to this hbcu, making these changes, acting like as harvard, you dont understand your students right . Charles hamilton houston essentially, im going to war with. The system of racial segregation and legalized racial segregation in im trying to use the constitution to dismantle this system that that that that can trucks and organizes everybody in terms of how relate one to another right im trying dismantle that system and i cant go to war with part time students we are going up against the nations best. So this is a Supreme Court ruling that upholds racial segregation in america. Were going up against the nations best. And if im going to war, i have to go to war with students that study the law full time, that part time. This is this is this is this guy, right . This military officer, former military. So he makes transition. And as i mentioned, you begin, to make these changes, people get upset. Alumni important because what do alumni provide generally for entity money right thats a donor base and abc and theyre saying, look at this, you know, newbie. So when you begin to those changes as a new coach or a new dean, you generally have a very turnaround time to meet them in terms of when you need to make something happen, you need to make it happen. And so we see were going to see what takes place in the case of charles hampton, houston. The second change that he does is he increases the number of books and library, the law library, the number of books are the number of volumes in the library. And that serves two purposes, serves two purposes. First, increases the number books in the universitys law library. Two purposes. First. He does it because in terms of the formula for crediting accrediting the body that law schools, part of that formula is based the number of books in the library that students have access to. Think logical. Logical. All right. And the second reason more sort of related, fundamental. He needs students that are committed to doing research. He needs that are committed to doing research. You cant overturn the nations premier law that supports a ruling that supports racial segregation plessy versus ferguson unless you have unless you have students that understand the law in the same way that if youre an that you need to go to the weight right the premier you cant be a premier team. Youre going to the weight room, youre working out or doing some type of, you know, some exercise that, you know, transform your body as a student. You need library to do those same things. Okay. If youre not in the library, youre not trying to be transformational in trying to be transitional. Youre just trying to get to a degree. Theres a difference. Hes trying to be transformation with the information and the knowledge that he provides. And the third thing that he does, he starts moot Court Competitions at Howard University, moot Court Competition owns majority, moot Court Competitions. Whats moot court. Was world court. And how . Yes is like the type of court that the students do like a play through of perhaps and they compete to see who has between them a mock question so that no matter whats called the former times yeah and so yeah moot court is where students present oral arguments they write briefs and they present those before faculty that set them down but that helped them have that right that helped them with their argument. And heres the thing. Were not talking about going to trial arguing evidence. Right . The base of, you know, trial level and evidence. Were talking about people changing the law and order to change the law. You have to to practice making those arguments at the appellate and Supreme Court level. How do you do that without practice, moot Court Competition . How do become a chemist without a laboratory right. Or a biology without some type of practice beforehand . Its impossible. He fundamentally changes Howard University school of law as an institution, it becomes nations premiere institution for turning out civil rights lawyers hands down, second to none more from this school will bring cases before Supreme Court decades of the fifties and sixties that with respect to civil rights law than anybody else, fundamentally transforms. Okay, well talk about a few of those. I told you had a short time. Short time, because hes making these changes started in 1929. By 1931, the American Bar Association has accredited how University School of law two years. Thats phenomenal. Thats phenomenal. Turn it out, lawyers. Okay. Turning out lawyers making changes. Questions. A pause for a second because i talk fast and yes. Oh, we got. Okay so before they were incredibly before they their accreditation like what did it mean before i, i mean they were Still Producing language but what exactly does do or for the institution thats an excellent question what does accreditation do for an institution . Students . What accreditation for students do for an institution or . Funding. Thats possible. Yeah. Okay. What else . Whats as proud have you accredited . It is. Okay, so you should know. Does that matter . Would you select a university that was not accredited by some regional body. Id have to hope that. But what that generally it say that this institution has met certain standards that are recognized within Higher Education or in this Case Law School that suggest that this is a legitimate that the degree from this institution meets the standards for turning out professional in this case lawyers right. Yes. Do you think that how ruths prestige was because of this mens change in their law school like prestigious they have now. Um oh definitely so lets just so you know you all should be aware of that. Yes. Howard University School of law. It have this prestigious reputation, but its definitely tied to Charles Hamilton houston even though, you know most people would associate how universities law school with thurgood marshall. But marshall is a houston student working alongside houston right. Marcia will become special counsel for the national jcp after Charles Hamilton. Houston leaves that post and, returns back to the faculty at Howard University school a lot. So without these changes, if youre going to be transformational in your position as a, you know, as an administrator, you are your students. Now. But if you can think ahead and youre students now, but if you can just imagine yourself, you know, a decade from now or just ahead, whatever changes that you arent happy with now within the world, you need to start now. And thats what houston did as a young man as a young officer in the us he envisioned himself and think went about putting himself in a space. He would be able to make those changes. He didnt live long enough. He will hell die. Actually, houston dies april 22nd, 1950. He doesnt get to see brown versus board of education. He definitely sets things in motion. Todays april 23rd. So you know what it 74 years from or about from. From the date the date of his passing any of the questions. Good, good, good questions. Okay. So who are some of the students that we see associated with thurgood marshall, with Charles Hamilton and or the the Howard University of law . Thurgood marshall, First Supreme Court justice pauli murray, admission pauli murray. Earlier in terms of her work on whats referred to as jane crow, the application of the equal protection to gender discrimination. Right. And so we have title ii legislation legislation to, you know, protect the rights of women in education and elsewhere. Edward w jacko w jacko jr becomes the chief Legal Counsel for the nation of islam and he will be instrumental in protecting prisoner rights, prisoner rights throughout the country. Um, and there is some carryover here in texas, but most of that work, a lot of that work will be done by mexican inmates, prisoners who corresponded with the nation, islam. Okay. All right. So lets so weve talked about some of those changes. I to just for a second, just for a second away from charles. How about in houston because although hes doing this work at university, theres some things that are going on nationally that we also have to Pay Attention to. And i want to just quickly talk about some changes in Race Relations. Right, that might indicated that things were getting better. I dont know. Perhaps well see you walking can judge for yourself. Okay. Into more years. Are you going to be doing this stuff by we mention or you know, you should know the us enters enters war one in december of 1941. Now when that happens. You know obviously country is going to be mobilizing to to war and the state of the country is such that discrimination is still Racial Discrimination and and segregation is still sort of the order of the day. And so youre going to see people or now were not going to see sort of a Mass Mobilization in terms of sort of the education of the masses that we see political education, the masses that we see in the sixties, to some extent, the fifties happened during this time. But the leaders are individuals like a Philip Randolph, who was the head of, the brotherhood of sleeping car porters. And ill repeat that in just a second, but this is the biggest labor union for africanamericans at the time. A Philip Randolph was the head of the brotherhood of sleeping car porters porters. So he knows to organize. And thats important. These individuals important because they work with the trains. And if they stop as the country mobilizing to war, then all of those soldiers and everybody who are trying to enroll and enlist in the military, all of that sort of comes to a halt because theyre not moving baggage, theyre not moving luggage, theyre not booming freight, theyre not doing any of that. But its touching that. Right. And so one of the things that that happens during this period is that looking at Racial Discrimination in the industry and jobs in the defense. A Philip Randolph says to the government that if Racial Discrimination was dealt with then he would lead a march on washington and his union would strike again. As the country is mobilizing towards war, that is a critical i mean, its just a critical moment. And and the of africanamericans you going marching on washington at a time when the nation is suggesting is fighting for democracy abroad, is the type of Public Relations that the president at the time, franklin roosevelt, does not want. And so in 1941, roosevelt issues executive order 802. Roosevelt issues, executive order 82, it establishes the Fair Employment Practices Committee and essentially what the order does that committee does is it tries to or to eliminate Racial Discrimination and defense industry. The threat of the march on washington as is before 1963. The march on washington. We know of that idea came from this idea. Any questions of questions about it. Yes so essentially essentially, dr. King got this idea from. Yeah, they worked alongside it wasnt so there are a couple of things that happened in 1963. I was 1963. People upset for a number of reasons that things have happened. We havent sort of gotten there yet, but. The people, just ordinary people were threatening to bring washington, d. C. To a standstill or to a halt, the Nations Capital to a halt. People were threatening, he said. We talk about protest today. Thats a good question. Were talking about protest today and people marching, which is also a form of sort of the military. And theres this model where the military like basically the soldier the citizen soldiers and comes back to Charles Hamilton houston, thats the model of protest that we have. We march, we do things like that. But the people at time are trying to march. What they said was theyre going to bring the city of not the Nations Capital to a to a to a halt. Theyre to sit on the tarmacs. The the of the airport, so that the airports cant see the planes cant land right. The decks, airports and the Nations Capital, thats a, thats a significant threat. It brings the business of the nation to a halt. It would bring to some extent would bring the business, the nation to a halt. And so what king does in conversation with several other black leaders is get this idea about a march on washington but this is a different because this march on washington wasnt at the march on washington in 1941 it wasnt supported by anybody this was just were going to washington to embarrass the government march on washington in 1963 is is its paid for and supported theres also i mean it was planned was very planned and strategic. And it was to some extent, it it was constructed to sort of neutralize this other type of protest that ordinary that werent Martin Luther king were tending to do by bringing the Nations Capital to a standstill to. All yeah. So, but yeah, the idea came from Philip Randolph, who was in conversation with what him with king thank you. All right. Oh, in addition to that, there was also indication that there was that people fundamental concern with Race Relations at the time. 1950 1943 is a very just a an integral year looking Race Relations, because theyre going to be a number of race riots that happen across the u. S. , 1942, 1943. Were going to see race riots with mexicanamerican ins out in los angeles. Were going to see race riots and the principal race riot that happens during this time is in detroit. A lot of people moving into detroit population. One sort of of africanamericans, more than doubling in size. And youre going to see as i mean, the the actual that africanamericans are going to be the space that theyre going to be allowed to to stay in, to reside in, doesnt expand. So theres going to be race riots as a result of that 1943 detroit race riots june of 1943. As a result, the very violent race riots in detroit and in race riot were going to see 34 people die,. 25 africanamericans and nine white americans. Its Important Note and ill just say this, since im on the subject of the detroit race, riot of 1943, another five africanamericans that die, 17 die at the hands of Law Enforcement is not case with the white that died doing this this racial violence that takes place. But in response that event because it is so stark i in terms of sort of drawing the nations attention to Race Relations a number of communities cities and state governments will will launch Race Relations committees or committees and commissions to study Race Relations in. Their spaces like thats the case in june of 1943, when edward kelley, of course, the mayor of chicago, establishes the mayor his committee and conference on Race Relations relations. And this committee simply form to prevent a race riot from happening in chicago. Sort of preventative in nature. Can i dont go over the details of how many of these committees and commissions there were it is significant. Lets go ahead and turn the corner. We have a few more slides to get through here. This will be the last slide. Ill ill stuff on this slide. Okay. In addition to these changes or theres actually one slide after this that i just have mention a few things in addition to the of those social considerations, there also academic considerations that happen at this time as well that suggest that the Race Relations were changing or need to change. In 1944 gunnar tomorrow gunnar myrdal, who was a swedish social. Working alongside africanamerica social scientists. From hbcu was. How University Fisk University will travel the south and produce the seminal study card and american dilemma. American dilemma dilemma is very well funded was funded by the carnegie foundation. The most important aspect of this book was its timing. Okay, 1944 it was published during a time when an increasing of white americans and principally Decision Makers Decision Makers were concerned about the fate of ism and the oppression of peoples around world. The question that they asked was could what happen in nazi germany happen in america and see basis so we have some potential answers to that but yes that was the question that was okay okay it was at the time that it was published the most exhaustive study of race and Race Relations of time the most exhaustive study of race and Race Relations at the time. And myrtles book essentially pointed out that the situation and circumstance of africanamericans was concretely similar in america was concretely similar to that of in nazi germany and. The third reich. Well, let me make sure that i on time just want to check off. Well, something had long. My watch and somebody have the time. I may ask 130 to see if i can do this in 10 minutes. I dont mean to keep you this long, but thats just so i get through this horse. Cayton and sinclair. Drake. Sinclair dragon horse cayton they write black metropolis. 1945. This this, this book may made the point. Among other things, it made the argument that if based on their studies if american if america did not accord africanamericans of equal rights there would most likely be radical consequence and given the situation 1943 for the 1942 as well as 44 the race riots that. There was reason to suspect that that would be the case that africanamericans had reached a point where they would no longer tolerate the type of, you know, treatment as well, as well as a lack of protection under under the. Now talk about Jackie Robinson. Hes going to be the last person that i talk about and then ill mention one thing with harry and ill just really, really quickly going through the slides, mention. A couple of the cases are related to houstons work, Jackie Robinson and these are sports considerations that would allow us to to ask the question if Race Relations in america were actually beginning to change. Jackie robinson in 1947 became the first africanamerican to play a Major League Baseball in the modern. Okay, okay. 1947. And so the question that we to ask ourselves and i you to think about is whether or not has entrance into baseball was based on what we might say altruistic reasons or unself rich ethical reasons. We want the game to better we want the better symbol of american etc. Race relations relations. It wasnt done for profit. Race and profit is the relations between race and profit. When we talk about sport sport, yes. Okay. Can can be. Is that you . Thats something that can sometimes drive ticket sales. Its a question we might so lets talk about it so. Theres two ways that Jackie Robinsons entrance into Major League Baseball are frame one is that it was uncertain. It was done for ulterior ethical purposes. And the is that it was done for profit. Lets talk about both. Okay. The first story that im going to talk about is called the Charlie Thomas story. And this is this is should be put under notion that Jackie Robinsons into baseball was done for altruistic reasons and selfish ethical reasons. Its called the Charlie Thomas story. And it comes us from Branch Rickey. So anybody know who Branch Rickey was . The is another one. We recruited Jackie Robinson, who has is president of the brooklyn dodgers. Its called the Charlie Thomas story. And so lets go lets lets lets just talk about it. In the early 1900s, 19 offer to be precise, Branch Rickey was, coach of a baseball team, the wesleyan and these his team was going to play notre dame in south bend, indiana. When the team gets to south bend and pull into their lodging space for the day, Charlie Thomas was denied lodging with his his teammates. Its black the only black athlete on the team is denied lodging. The experience is set to have so upset Branch Rickey that he said if he ever got in position to so he would make sure that that never happened again that no African American player would ever have to suffer that type of disgrace. Okay it make sense. Okay. All right. Thats now that story comes to us from Branch Rickey, this other story also comes to us from branch. And you can label this sort untapped reservoir, untapped reservoir, the and the quote that is attributed to Branch Rickey, president , the brooklyn dodgers believed that, quote, africanamericans represented the greatest untapped reservoir and history of Major League Baseball. Okay. Profit markets, expansion markets. You introduce africanamericans to the game. You expand markets. Yeah. And there was reason to support. Following world war two, africanamerican had, an increase of median family income. Africanamericans had also supported Major League Baseball. Excuse me, League Baseball teams in their cities. So there was a notion that yeah. You know africanamericans like baseball if you brought their players to the sport they would follow follow. So when we look at the emergence of an integral of Jackie Robinson into Major League Baseball, we sort of have to think about, you know, why this was done. The other thing that ill just point out very quickly, his story does sort of it it follows what weve been talking about in terms of racial science or what i mentioned in terms of racial science, Jackie Robinson is someone who has to subdue when he goes into Major League Baseball, he does have to subdue his emotions despite effect. And hes working in a hostile hes being spiked and now, if youve ever been spiked before, track and field or soccer, some other sport, baseball. But its not as painful. And so despite that, he is challenged not be emotional, but just to play the game to achieve. And so in a lot of ways, his experience does track track that. Just really quickly, the thing that i want to note about president truman. In 1947, truman established, the Us Commission on rights and this commission, a report card to secure these rights. To secure these rights as very important. So, you know, we talked about a lot of things in this class. This you should just at least this 1947, the u. S. Commission on civil rights issued a report card to secure these rights and. The report stated that racial segregation racial excuse me, racial desegregation was a desire, well, National Goal was a desirable National Goal. So we see these Academic Studies that are going influence Decision Makers and people have a thinking about Race Relations. Were also going to see because there are racial riots people are going to be thinking about Race Relations in different ways. And so all of that is going to all of that is going to impact impact, some would say the the the court cases is going to create a social environment which was favored will to changing the laws with respect to race and racial segregation. Just a couple of cases that it before preceded brown versus board of education that arent necessarily to education. And 1946 the Supreme Court ruled that segregation on interstate busses was unconstitutional. So and as result you wont see the freedom riders in the sixties early sixties. In 1948. And we talked about this in class the case shelly versus kramer. The court would declare restrictive covenants were unconscionable that limited property of to minorities were unenforceable able. In 1950 the Court Declares that laws prohibiting africanamericans eating in Railroad Dining cars are unconstitutional. May 17th, 1954. But a number of court cases and alcohol mma in maryland and missouri that preceded and in texas sweat versus those are you familiar human that precede brown versus board of education case but it may or may 17th 1954 brown versus board of education the Supreme Court rules racial segregation and Public Education is unconscious intuition. Okay. Okay. That concludes the lecture. Are there any questions which again. Okay, my first question. Well of many questions but but my main question is going to be about the american dilemma. Okay. And i was wondering if they consider the relationship between the black population in america versus, the Jewish Population in europe, how come its so easy for them to get reparations and have, you know, the effect the holocaust is to such a big issue and always be pressing matter in history when slavery was global and we still cant get reparations for it so thats a very good i dont know if i have the answer within the time frame that we have but what i would say is one of the things that you see with. And not so were talking about european for the most part, but theres going to be sort of Political Support based on Political Support based not on the holocaust, in the crimes that we see following, you know, following that. But also a tragedy, but also human rights tragedy, but also theres also to be Political Support for the creation of the state of israel for various reasons. Theyre going to be, you know, governments are going to want to sort of promote and protect their interests in the middle east. Israel sort of provides them that space that is also going to be sort of the of europe getting rid of its, quote unquote undesirable population. So theres ethical theres political and theres sort of more so sort of other reasons why sort of occurs on the other thing that i would just say is that its not as if african at this time didnt attempt to bring the case of reparations before or before the u. N. And various places, in fact, that did. There is a document thats called we charge genocide. Its very important. Its got we tried to decide and it was produced by the Civil Rights Congress and its a social its not statistical, but its just lays out a lot of it doesnt get to slavery, but it just lays out like lynching and a lot of the other things sort of crimes and violence thats been committed against africanamericans. But one of the things that happens. Two things really happen when africanamericans to push that before the un. One is that the person who fundamentally stops that is eleanor roosevelt. She uses her influence. A friend of the uses her influence to make sure that the african demand for reparations at the un does not succeed. The other that happens is that genocide the the term genocide is defined in such a way that and this is deliberate that the us sort of demands this that it really doesnt capture what happens the violence that happens to africanamericans as written is defined in such way as its sort of defined. Africanamericans. The afroamerican experience is sort of defined outside of that. And so we have to look at sort of how genocide is. Genocide is defined at the time. And this all happens 1947, 1948, in this very short period time during this time, we can question whether Race Relations were really or improving and at whose expense are we progressing so long as ask for nothing in relation to what has to us . And is that a fair . I dont. This is it. You . We can be citizens so long as we never ask for anything that has happened to us in the past. Great question. All right. Is that were all good. Thank you. All for coming. Thank you all for wiping the silly eyes. I appreciate it. And ill see you all hopefully on thursday. Mr. Kimmel of home economics, explains how housewives might keep young and beautiful through more efficient planning of their workshop. Most are so laid out that the house might take many unnecessary steps and as much needless caring back and forth in this Home Institute kitchen design by dr. Leland gilbreath, all equipment has been arranged to save time and energy. A closet and a door has been used to store the babys food equipment and another to keep the cleaning equipment out of the way. The planning desk makes it easy to arrange schedules and plan the days menus. This housewife is making a strawberry shortcake. She wheels the movable table into place before the baking unit for supplies and utensils in the closet behind. Ive been so pleased that she does the minimum of walking and reaching this mean saving of time and energy. This chart shows the efficient layout of the kitchen indicating a small of steps involved. And here is a chart of an inefficient plan kitchen of the same size. But with the equipment storage that six times as much walking is necessary to make the same cake and efficiently plan the kitchen. Freeze the housewife from fatigue gives her more leisure, more time to keep young and beautiful. There is. No reason why kitchens shouldnt be planned as scientifically as office stores. Olfactory. And in this commonplace street on new yorks east side stand, many identical brownstone fronts. William laskas architect, bought one of them for a combination and office. It looked like poor investment. But lets see what he did with it. The front wall of this old residence was ripped out entirely where it stood he erected a new wall with large vandalism sections which let in all the light he had assured complete privacy in addition, this glass wall provides sound and heat insulation in. The living room. On the top floor is air conditioned, so windows were eliminated entirely, but windows installed and the glass wall of the bedroom on the floor below. As this room is air conditioned. In lieu of a backyard sundeck was erected over mr. Lust garzas office, the bedroom faces, but its wall has been curved to the morning sun. Note how the glass wall gives light and privacy and remember that all this was evolved from a shabby brownstone house the living room occupies the entire top floor. It is the and sunniest room in the house and is partly lighted by a round skylight in the ceiling. A modern home and a convenient open. Old airfield. Massachusetts is a village of a single street shaded by stately homes bordered by early colonial homes. Each one occupied. Let us take a quick glance at a few of these amazing dwellings. Think back if you can. 100 years, 200 years . Yes almost 300 years. And there they stood, just as you see them now with sound original construction, timely repair and maintenance. These homes through the years have retained original charm and beauty. A few have been slightly rebuilt and made more modern, but the beauty of basic design remains untouched, suffering, the privations, the despair and the disillusionment of the early days of american history. It is easy to imagine what these meant to the pioneers of our nation. And. As your roof in good condition, is your chimney strong . Does the flashing leak . Are your gutters . Is the roof insulated against heat and cold . Is the attic well ventilated . Is it safe for storage . How about your floors . Have enough closet space . Are the closets lighted . 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