the opinion of african-americans where he s surging in support. it s a bit of hyperbole, but go on. it s not hyperbole. look at the naacp survey. george wallace being democrat. after the civil rights act and voting rights act you had a period of time in brown vs. board of education where a number of democrats including thurman left the party began to switch. my comparison in rooted in trumps history. not only do you have bigotry dating back to the fact where he owned casino and he got sued by casino workers or the fact he asked for the central park five after they were exonerated for the death penalty for these individuals and uses racist tropes daily talking ability maxine waters and
attribute my vibrant career to judge kavanaugh. and there are dozens of female lawyers who can say the exact same thing. and so he has contributed to diversity and supported women in his profession more than any other similarly situated judge i can think of. akiel, on roe v. wade, a, do you agree with rebecca on that, that it is a red herring and being use today to distract? because he has talked about it. he was asked about it by schumer in his 2006 confirmation hearing to the d.c. circuit. he essentially said i would follow court precedent, but that s different when you re on a lower court than going to the supreme court. frankly, how you think he s going to answer questions about roe v. wade in his confirmation hearing. you re right that the role of a lower court judge is different from a supreme court justice. supreme court justices on occasion do need to modify precedent because the ultimate, the supreme law of the land, is the constitution itself. brown vs. board of education
it s early morning here at 1121 cross street in little rock, and the new school day is dawning. reporter: a year after the montgomery bus boycott, little rock became the stage for the next drama of the movement when local naacp leaders hand-picked nine black students and pressured the school board to enroll them at all white central high school. they were challenging the city to comply with the supreme court s 1954 decision in brown vs. board of education where the court ruled that all public schools must be integrated. ernest green, age 16, 12th grade. when they said, are you interested in transferring to central, i said, hey, why not? my attitude was that change was coming, i want to be a part of it. i m ready to change the face of the south. reporter: the story took an
last thing before we go it was back in 1954 the chief justice of the u.s. supreme court earl warren thought it was very important that the court rule unanimously in what he knew would be a landmark case for all of us and for all time. thankfully it is still taught in schools today. the ruling by a unanimous supreme court found segregation was unconstitutional. it did not solve inequality in education. that goes on today. the case did send a clear and indelible message to our still evolving country not yet a decade after the end of the second world war in the age of fdr. the brown in brown vs. board of education was linda brown. it was her father who objected to his daughter being turned away from an all white school near where they lived and so while the case took on so much importance and represented so many other plaintiffs, she lived
out her life as linda brown of brown vs. board of education until her death last night in her hometown of topeka, kansas. she could not have predicted what she and her dad started, a case argued before the court by thurgood marshall who would later make history by sitting on the court. the 101st airborne sent to arkansas because a racial governor would not enforce it. it s why we tonight remember linda brown of topeka, kansas, because all great struggles have to start somewhere. this one started with her. that is our broadcast for this monday night as we begin a new week. thank you so very much for being with us. good night from nbc headquarters here in new york. this one started with her. that is our broadcast for this monday night as we begin a new week. thank you so very much for being with us. good night from nbc headquarters here in new york.