i think a lot of people believe it is just one court case. that s what i thought of it as. growing up. and i also think that people believe that as soon as the decision was handed down by the supreme court in 1954, that it was immediately implement it. that also is not true. what i learned working on research for the book was that prince edward county that only was affected by the education decision but it was also one of five cases that was rolled into an umbrella case. and the the reason this was part of the decision was a woman, a high school junior and did a walk out. in 1951. that walk out capture the attention of the naacp attorneys in richmond. and they agreed to come meet with barbara john s and fellow students and their parents. but that decision led the naacp to take up the case and file a lawsuit on behalf of those residents and made it to the supreme court. that part of brown versus education and it was the only student led case out of the five. and county leade
five cases that was rolled into an umbrella brown case. the reason that prince edward was part of the brown v. board of education decision was a young woman named barbara, a high school junior, lead and walk out to protest the conditions of her school. that walkout attracted the attention of naacp attorneys in richmond, and they agreed to come meet with the barbara johns and her fellow students and their parents. but that decision led the naacp to take up the pace case of a lawsuit on behalf of the students and that eventually made all the way to the supreme court as part of brown v. board of education and it was the only student led case out of the five. county leaders of their were so stunned by the decision as were virginia leaders and leaders across the south and the country. but i think prince edward county leaders felt particularly embarrassed and particularly nervous that they would be held up as an example and forced to integrate the four before commuters across t
not only it was really affected by the brown versus board of education but it was actually one of five cases that was ruled into an umbrella brown case. the reason that, because it was part of the progress of brown b board of education was the one young woman named robert johns junior led a walkout to protest the conditions of her school in farmville virginia in 1965 and that walkout from the naacp attorney in richmond and they agreed to come meet with barbara johns but that decision led the naacp to take up the case and file a lawsuit on the of those students and that eventually made all the way to the supreme court.the brown versus board of education and it was student led case out of the five. and county leaders there were so stunned by the decision, as were virginia leaders and leaders across the south in the country. and i think prince edward county leaders felt particularly embarrassed and particularly nervous that they would be held up as an example and forced to integ
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identified the cartel s. [inaudible conversations] autho. dionne, annette gordon-reed, juan williams anymore. but first up christian green talks about her book, something must be done about prince edward county. booktv on c-span2 live from the gaithersburg book festival. [inaudible conversations] .. if you are tweeting today, use the hashtag gbf, and we need your feedback. surveys are available at the tent and on our web site. complete a survey for a chance to win a $100 visa gift card. i m pleased to introduce author kristen green. she ll be signing books immediately after the presentation, and copies of her books are on sale in the politics & prose tent, a great partner for us this year. a quick word about buying books. even though this is a free event, it does help the book festival if you buy books. the more books we sell at our event, the more publishers are willing to send their authors here to the book festival. purchasing books from politics & prose does benefit the