The Legal History of Desegregation

Pulitzer prize winning historian Jack Rakove of Stanford discusses the legal history of desegregation, focusing on the analytical problems facing the struggle for desegregation.

https://www.gilderlehrman.org/content/legal-history-desegregation
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Resource provided by Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Grades

9, 10, 11, 12

Subjects

Rights and Responsibilities

Issues

Discrimination

Resource Types

Media, Video

Teaching Strategies

Analysis, Media, Lecture

Civic Days

Black History Month

Duration

38 minutes

Tags

civil rights, segregation, federalism, media, states' rights, judicial review, desegregation