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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 didn t 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 doesn t 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 mississip ....
chairman of the board of the naacp. interim president, ceo and to the late elsy and bates, i bring you grievance. to our mayor, the city manager bruce moore, the city board of directors of little rock, to the sixth anniversary committee and most of all the little rock nine and their families, we welcome you to this 60 educational forum for the city of little rock and the state of arkansas. we thank you for being here and hope something is said or done that will give you a better understanding when you leave here today and let me digress for a moment and say that naacp was the organization that worked and spearheaded the little rock 9. a terrible time in our history. i remind you this was way before the march on washington. it s way before in 1964 civil rights act. it s way before the 1965 voting rights act. these young people wanted to do to get an education. that s all they re aspiring to do. but our system, at that time said you will not be able to go to school base ....
skip rutherford of the clinton center, to the sixth anniversary committee and most of all the little rock nine and their families. we welcome you to this 60th educational forum for the city of little rock and the state of arkansas. we thank you for being here and we hope that something is said or done that would give you a better understanding when you leave here today. and let me digress for a minute and say that the naacp, the organization that worked and spearheaded the little rock nine. terrible time in our history. i remind you, this was way before the march on washington. this was way before the 1964 civil rights act. this was way before the 1965 voting rights act. these young people wanted to do get an education, that s all they were aspiring to do. but our system at that time said you will not be able to go to school based upon a decision by the united states supreme court. however thurgood marshall, who went on to be a supreme court justice. weiland grant sen ....
chairman of the board of the naacp. interim president, ceo and to the late elsy and bates, i bring you grievance. to our mayor, the city manager bruce moore, the city board of directors of little rock, to the sixth anniversary committee and most of all the little rock nine and their families, we welcome you to this 60 educational forum for the city of little rock and the state of arkansas. we thank you for being here and hope something is said or done that will give you a better understanding when you leave here today and let me digress for a moment and say that naacp was the organization that worked and spearheaded the little rock 9. a terrible time in our history. i remind you this was way before the march on washington. it s way before in 1964 civil rights act. it s way before the 1965 voting rights act. these young people wanted to do to get an education. that s all they re aspiring to do. but our system, at that time said you will not be able to go to school base ....
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 we ll 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 clos ....