On this anniversary of the Alexander v. holmes County BOE Supreme Court ruling on desegregation (October 29, 1969), we remember the vital work of the NAACP and of Charles Hamilton Houston who paved the way for many of the legal victories of the Civil Rights Movement. As Houston prepared the lawyers whose names and cases we recognize today he explained: “A lawyer is either a social engineer or [s]he is a parasite on society.” He also recognized that laws alone are not enough: “There’s a difference between law on the books and the law in action.” Learn more in the film The Road to Brown from California Newsreel: bit.ly/QOIoSJ See more resources for teaching about Brown v. Board of Education: bit.ly/1brzK4x Photo source: bit.ly/1aDLkwc
Posted on: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 12:19:23 +0000