underway. america was undergoing the process of desegregation, sparked in part by the supreme court s 1954 decision in brown v. board of education of topeka, kansas. that racial segregation and public schools was unconstitutional. it s a ruling that white conservative christians really didn t like. the religious right responded to brown by creating their own racially segregated private schools, some of which persist in the south to this day. but segregationists largely lost that battle. unable to stop the legal desegregation of america. but with the religious right could do to maintain political power and potency was to coalesce around a different single issue, and that issue was abortion. in the following years, they discovered that they could manufacture and then channel their moral outrage toward abortion. creating a new litmus test for conservative politicians to rally the base and to oust politicians from the center and the left. decades, later we are continuing to see t
good morning. i am jonathan capehart. and this is a sunday show. this mother s day. breaking news out of ukraine. first lady jill biden crossed into ukraine this morning, and dr. biden met with her ukrainian counterpart. olena zelenskyy. for two hours. at the school housing displaced people. before crossing back into slovakia, just moments ago. according to nbc news, this is the first time the ukrainian first lady has appeared in public since the war began. we will have much more on ukraine with retired general stuff later in the show. but first, here in this country, the clock could potentially rollback on 50 years of women s reproductive rights. something the majority of americans oppose. wednesday, the senate will vote on the women s health protection act of 2022. which would block an abortion rights before the supreme court could officially overturn them. the measure is expected to fail because of the filibuster. but the debate is a vital for true servicing these key fa
Hopefully we will be able to continue this important conversation you ve got yourself, until we are grateful for your time. robin diangelo is the author of white fragility. we have another author on deck, a special saturday edition of the velshi banned book club. rj palatka, author the bestselling children s book wonder, and white bird, a wonder story. white birds pacific lee is the coming late story of a white jewish girl coming of age in nazi germany. there are been calls to ban this in texas because it could lead to the skewing of a young child s life. we are gonna get into all of that next weekend. make sure the right into my story. get your comments and reactions. it is going to be a good. one you won t want to miss it. we ll catch you next saturday and sunday morning, 8 am to 10 am eastern. happy mother s day to all of you. the sunday show with jonathan kaye part is up next.