They crafted this case and won in rosedale and the decisions that was rendered said children cannot be discriminated against based on the color of their skin. It was an incredible victory for 1924 but appeals came where we were sitting and they ruled against it which made it became state law and it was appealed again and it became law of the land of the country and the Supreme Court in 1927 and over the course of those three years this family was back and forth, they didnt know what to do with their children, if they were safe in the south, or north, they landed in arkansas, the whole legacy of immigration and the role of immigrants in the Civil Rights Movement and overall construction of the south has kind of been pushed to the side because it doesnt fit easily in four paragraphs in a textbook which is why i devoted this book to it but i would love to see more come out and look at the fact there were enslaved immigrants in the mississippi delta, plantations outside new orleans, this l
I want to get a few points across please put your cell phone on silent. If you would like to share on social bdm ago to Literary Lawn Party we want to welcome you to the next session on southern history but also thank our sponsor for this session. I will introduce you to robert who will be our moderator for today and is a member of the board of directors as well as the director at Jackson State University where he is also a professor and is also an author. Glad to see everyone here this afternoon. Digital and Television News outlets such as abc, 20 20 and fox news. Her investigation into the life of an american Bounty Hunter in afghanistan is currently in production as a feature film. Although adrienne was raised in the northeast, she does come from a long line of mississippi women, so well claim you. [laughter] at least five generations long are. Her mother was born here in jackson, and she and her husband jesse live on a farm in norge, virginia. Was that close enough . All right. [la
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