I am here to bring back memories of my last year of high school. I miss my history class. Only a year since I left and I miss it and I don't know why. ;-;
Please don't erase Claudette Colvin. Rosa Parks is an extremely important figure in the civil rights movement, but let's not forget the fifteen year old girl who beat her to the punch, but wasn't used as the face of the Montgomery boycott because she was an unwed mother.
She was pregnant with the child of a married white man and the NAACP thought her case wouldn’t be the best to challenge segregation on public transport
Steven Scheele Why would you say that? Is there a reason why you said that? Or are you trying to make the dumbest point alive. Thank you for cyber bullying somebody for calling them these names just because your able to. Please stop.
+Jenny Liebowitz Because when they said that, they really just meant for it to apply to white males. They never considered blacks human in the first place, they treated them like chattle.
+EnigmaHood Not everybody did as many of the people who fought for the black rights were actually white themselves. In fact if it weren't for those white people who sided with the black community, we wouldn't see so many positive changes that have happened over the decades.
Martin Ledermann I never said white people didn't fight for black rights so that's a complete strawman. I said the people who said "that" only meant it for white males. Learn to read.
EnigmaHood You used the "they" pronoun all the time as if it was meant to apply to all "white males" as you yourself put it and not just to they ones who said "that". Before you start commanding others to "learn to read", maybe you should start expressing yourself in a more precise and less ambiguous manner.
Don't you find it strange that too often we think as Americans, Black, Latinos, Whites, Muslims, Jews, Christians, Catholics, Gay, Straights, ext., but rarely do we ever think as humans.
***** 1. Black on white crime is 10 times the reverse rate. If you call reporting FBI statistics and abundant evidence hateful, then they've already got your heart. 2. The knockout game video is real. Whether you find me depresing is irrelevant. My own experience was not meant to play on anecdotal evidence or elicit sympathy. It was to demonstrate that I have both personal and research evidence. More than just the one racist assault by blacks too, by the way. 3. It is irresponsible to report 400 years of blacks being mistreated without telling about how at the same time in Africa they were themselves doing some mighty big mistreating. Same goes with Arabs, Portuguese, Brits, Chinese. Get the trend here? Your 400 years are the same numbers mentioned by the professional liars, ALWAYS out of context to the rest of human hatred at the same time. 4. The liberal liars who control ABC, NBC, NPR and CBS (NY Times too) ARE atheist. Don't take that to mean I believe there is a necessary correlative between lying and believing in the religion of atheism. I don't. 5. I mention liberal because most conservatives long ago began obtaining information from reliable sources. Thus, there is a reasonable likelihood that much of the Crash Course audience IS liberal, albeit with some fairly ignorant conservatives mixed in, plus those pesky moderates who lack enough knowledge to even make a decision. 6. No way do I point out black slave OWNERS to dismiss what some whites in this country did to 5% of all the African slaves. Rather, my goal is to fill in the gaps because the professional liars in the atheist liberal media intentionallly deceive their audiences by leaving that out. Otherwise, we are in agreement. Hatred and control over the lives of others is deplorable. Yet the entire world has been taught to bash whitey during the last 50 years of propaganda. SOMEBODY has to stand up and begin setting matters straight. I am pleased to be one of a small crowd who have begun taking on that chore, plus other chores. 7. You are mistaken in thinking I have no ability to differentiate blacks who retain control over their own minds from the the ones who allowed themselves to be overpowered with hatred based on years of brainwashing. And they ARE scary. Even rational blacks will confess being scared. If you are not, then I highly recommend staying off urban streets at night because lots of folks have been recommending serious vigilence in those areas. I also spent 6 months living in downtown Cincinnati and half a year managing a construction project near south-central Los Angeles (of Rodney King riots fame). It IS a freaky ambiance to be around. Don't kid yourself. Even the racist Chris Rock will tell you about the types I am talking about. So why do I generalize them? Actuallly, they generalize themselves by voting for the Satanic Democrats at the rate of 95 percent. Stunning. How could any group in THAT huge of a percentage be either dumb enough or Marxist enough to license those thugs to steal from the American people? As for the 5 percent, great. I would have CHEERED all the way driving down to vote for Herman Cain because he isn't a liberal airhead dumb enough to vote for lying thieves to destroy America. 8. We can all come to closer agreement about who the liars are thanks to diligent and vigilent and amazing operations like Media Research Center (MRC.org), daily performing surgery on what the liars at ABC, NBC, NPR and CBS report. 9. I can be changed. The problem is that the things stated by me are not just robotic rants learned from talk radio programs. I have poured over the stuff for decades, even written a book (unpublished), began making videos last year, read numerous books and TESTED the allegations of both sides. I don't WANT to be a critic just to be some ranting self-righteous arrogant creep. The problem is that we really ARE being confronted by the types described by me. Here, I will give you a much more calm delivery of the same ideas from a different voice (okay, more than one): A. The "Know Your Enemy" series here on youtube. B. Kent Hovind's "100 Scientific Reasons Why Evolution is Stupid." C. Living Waters from Ray Comfort D. Chuck Missler E. Ravi Zacharias F. Stuff from PJ Media You sound like a thoughtful guy. Let me request that you try trusting me just enough to sample some of the teachers listed above. Cheers.
What I've learned on Crash Course today: In the 1950s, the auto industry was the cell phone industry of its day, expecting their cars to be replaced every two years.
Difference is, with a car if you had the correct vocational training it was easy to keep it running for 25 years. With cell phones they can wirelessly break your phone from headquarters at will.
Thank you, thank you, for your accurate, nuanced view of the 1950's. We moved back to Montgomery in 1954. My mother drove our maid back and forth instead of firing her during the boycott; many of our neighbors simply fired their maids. We left Montgomery in 1961 when it was under martial law for its reprehensible behavior when the Freedom Riders came through. Although most people considered us "white" when they first met us and we did drink out of "white" fountains, we regularly received mailings from the White Citizens Council in the next county that reminded us we weren't quite as white as our neighbors. Kids from the north side of Montgomery came to my "white" junior high - past another "white" junior high. Busing was not the central issue then or later. If you want, I can share how my father help to foster desegregation in housing in Minot, North Dakota, in 1962.
Birdeaor We arrived at Minot AFB in the summer of 1962. My father was the director of Personnel for the installation. One of the things that directorate does is allow people in housing surplus areas to offer their homes for rent to base personnel who can't find adequate housing on base. Larger families that can't fit into base housing are just one of many reasons. My father found that some people were offering housing but had restrictions that were legal at the time but greatly annoyed him. He ordered the people handling the offers to tell the offerors that they either wanted to rent or they didn't. Period. No restrictions based on color or creed would be accepted. They wanted the money more than they wanted to remain bigots. It's hard to live up to a legacy like that. Individuals can make a difference. Thanks for asking.
You should've also mentioned Emmett Till, a 14 year old black boy from Chicago, who was brutally murdered in Money, Mississippi for merely speaking to a white woman named Carolyn Bryant in August 1955. Rosa Parks in an interview once said that she thought of Emmett Till when she decided to stand up for herself in December.1955. He was truly an inspiration and one of the sparks that started the flame that is the Civil Rights movement. Just saying.
We're in the studio shooting CrashCourse right now. Did you catch last week's episode of Crash Course US History about Civil Rights?Civil Rights and the 1950s: Crash Course US History #39
Howdy! So I am a huge history buff and am absolutely in love with the Crash Course History. I think its fabulous that you devote so much of your time to education and history :) Unfortunately I imagine CC U.S. history will be drawing to a close here soon. I certainly hope you continue doing other CC histories (I can't imagine you not) So I would like to make a couple of suggestions. Perhaps Crash Course Britain History, Roman History, Russian History, Islamic History. Thanks :)
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It would also be mindful to remember that segregation still exists. My school district had predominantly minority schools that suffered greatly because of that status. But it was legal because it was all de facto segregation--who cares that the realtors were using Texas's school ranking system to circumvent fair housing laws, and continue to do so today?
Totally agree, something needs to be done about the school system in every state, because all of them are underfunded, and the rich people are putting money in the pot and that money is going straight to their schools.
I went to college with some people from rural areas who had literally (yes, I know the meaning of that word) never seen a black person. The racism that their parents and grandparent held for people they had never met was still very much alive in those people who were my age.
Breandan Gibbons On the other hand, how do you tell a parent that they aren't allowed to make their child's school better. If I have the ability to monetarily assist my (theoretical) child's school so that it provides a better quality of education, giving my child a leg-up against everyone else, I'm definitely going to do that. My child is more important to me than all the other children.
***** No, I would say that people with the same culture should come together to make communities. But, is it still okay if that community is based, at least in part, around racism? We're dealing with latent racism leftover from previous generations. If your goal is to end that racism, how do you do it if you allow the de facto segregation to persist indefinitely, keeping that racist community alive?
Yep,.....Little Richard, one of the architects of Rock and Roll maintains til this day that the black originators have never been given their proper credit in word or financially.....
MsUsagi513 they cover the fluffy stuff to trick people into thinking violence didn’t make this happen. When lynching and unjust murder of black citizens was the reason why the CIVIL RIGHTS happened. Keep thinking it was bathrooms and schools. Sure, it wasn’t you know the death of Emitt Till and the countless black men who were just like him. Keep believing the lie tho. It’s nice and fluffy and easy to deal with.
To be fair, Mississippi just ratified the 13th amendment in February 2013 due to a clerical error and it only took them 148 years (ignoring the clerical error they approved it in 1995 which is a mere 130 years late).
"___ decade was great for white men" can be applied to just about any decade, and when it wasn't it was significantly worse for everyone else. Let's try not to forget this.
Yes, because everyone knows that just because you're white, your life has been so easy. I mean people like Obama have it so tough just because their darker. Have you ever seen a starving white man? Pssh, no. They're all living in the lap of luxury lightning cigars with 100 dollar bills.
The Creeper Point of fact: There are a hell of a lot more starving people of color and women than white men. No one's saying that no white men ever have anything bad happen to them or that every white man's life is great. But as a demographic group, white men have much, much better lives than other people. They've never been considered property due entirely to their body. They're vastly over-represented in politics, media and fortune 500 owners. Studies have shown that simply being a white man makes people think better of you, offer you higher pay and give you more chances. Yes, anecdotally, there are exceptions. But the plural of anecdote is not data. P.S. The fact that there are more assassination threats/attempts against Obama than previous presidents AND there are people claiming he's not legitimately president because he was born in Kenya pretty much proves that yes, Obama has it harder than previous Presidents. And yes, before you ask, it is almost certainly due to his being black.
Holly Booth Well golly gee willikers Batman. Do you think that the reason there are less white people suffering is because THERE ARE LESS WHITE PEOPLE? Also, your statement only applies on a global scale. Clearly in areas with larger concentration of white people, there are more white people suffering. Also, your statement about being a white man and getting more chances only applies in places where Europeans ruled. For instance in Japan, you don't get shit for being white. They hate everyone who isn't Japanese. At least in America everyone has a chance. As for Obama, threats do not equate to attempts. In 2009 the Secret Service stated that the volume of threats against Obama was "comparable to that under George W. Bush and Bill Clinton." Now kindly, shut the fuck up. Your ignorant little white ass is annoying.
The Creeper .....I mean, it's not like black men earn .73 for every dollar white men make at comparable jobs, black women earn .63, Latino men .58, and Latina women .53. But, no, really, it's all in our heads that minorities do more poorly than the average white person. It's not like a greater proportion of each of the black and Latino communities are worse off than the proportion of the white community. It's not like minorities go to prison more often and for longer than white people do for the same crime. It's not like a white-passing man can shoot an unarmed teenager and be acquitted while a black woman fires a warning shot near her abusive ex (hurting nobody) and gets twenty years. That never happens; it's all in our heads that white people have it easier in America than minorities.
I believe that one of the biggest lies told now is that the Civil Rights movement achieved what it set out to do. I don't think that battle is won yet and I think that there is still a huge need for social activism now days. It isn't enough for the system to acknowledge its broken and fixed. There is still a wide gap between minorities, that need to be addressed from both sides; a change in culture and an institutional one.
I agree. Martin Luther King's last march was not about integration or even about legal rights. It was about poverty and inequality amongst all Americans. If he had survived I believe the Civil Rights conversation would have shifted from simply Black-White, to the more broad divide of Rich-Poor, but instead he was assassinated and nobody has adequately picked up the torch. I think his death was a big reason the US failed to hold onto the equal wealth distribution and giant middle class it had during the 50s and 60s
I'm a black man from Mississippi and when I was in high school ( in the 90's) there were less than 10 white students in a public high school, that I attended, of about 1,300 students. It seems to me, at least in Mississippi, that defacto , I hope I spelled that right, segregation is still alive and well.
This is too real. I am a white woman from New England living and teaching in a school district in South Carolina where all of the students who attend the high school are black despite supposed integration - all of the white students attend the private school in town.
Rosa Parks "failed the literacy test 3 times". It's worth noting that it involved writing down the entire Constitution without error by heart and was administered only to black people. I don't think many Americans would pass this test, let alone the many who only know the 2nd amendment.
Guys, stop responding to randalusa. All you are doing is moving his crap up in the comments. It doesn't take all that long to figure out that he's a bigot. He's actually treating white people and black people as monolithic entities, and is defending one race over another. That's racism. And he also says that he believes that every major news source is in on a conspiracy. He's thus not capable of being rationally convinced otherwise. If you ever come up with a good argument, you are just part of the conspiracy. These types of people cannot be convinced. And, yes, I am disabling replies so that he will not be able to bump this thread up either with his filth. Leave him alone. EDIT: Just noticed he mentioned demons in there, too. So dude isn't above hijacking Christianity to his racist viewpoint. Do you really think you can convince him?
A topic like civil rights certainly brings out the trolls. Thank you, John Green and Crash Course, for providing a valuable educational series. Intercourse the trolls! And, since the Scottsboro Boys case was mentioned briefly in this episode, I will here recommend Kander & Ebb’s musical “The Scottsboro Boys,” which is based on the case. The show is not without controversy, but it has helped bring this often forgotten incident to a broader public.
Hey, why is there absolutely no mention of the Nation of Islam and figures like Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali? The Nation of Islam had a radically different idea of what it would take to get equality and Muhammad Ali is one of the defining cultural icons of the last century. The Nation of Islam was very influential in the Civil Rights Movement and it eventually would turn into an issue of political and cultural importance today in the United States - those relating with America and the Middle East/ Islamic World and how Muslims are perceived and treated in the US.
All of that was certainly important in the civil rights movement, but I think we'll have to wait until next week seeing as the Nation of Islam and Malcolm X were not at all driving forces in the Civil Rights movement until the 1960s. This week's episode obviously focused on the beginnings of the civil rights movement and it's biggest surge starting in the 1950s.
Excellent video!! It's interesting to think that during most of America's history, average Americans were not in a "middle-class" strata in any way... Also very pertinent to the present situation in America - it sounds like the imbalance of wealth in America today has some historical precedents, & if Americans want to get back to the relative prosperity of the 1950's, that top 1% needs to be legislated into a lower income level.
I just have to say this here, I'd made a video about this if I wasn't so unphotogenic. Race is one of the great bullshit stories in world history, because race doesn't exist. Aside from very superficial differences, all human beings are born alike. Race is a manmade construct, created to keep us separated. The sooner people realize that there's inherently nothing different between us, the sooner we can all move on as a species. I'm hoping Mr. Greene will consider a video devoted solely to race, because it seems, though the concept of race is reliant on lies, it's been a prime motivation in human history, in my opinion an unnecessary motivation. It's incredibly easy for me to say this in the 21st Century, being a pasty white guy who grew up in a particular place where we didn't care what color you were, we just cared if your Mom would let you play football with the rest of us on Saturday afternoons. I didn't care about race, I still don't, and the more time that wears on me, I'm reinforced in that notion. Race is a false rationale one gives to a situation to either legitimize hate or to try to give reason behind an unreasonable cruelty. The truth of the matter is, haters are gonna hate, and for the dumbest of haters, going at someone for the color of their skin is pretty obvious and downright lazy. I'm sure there's a troll or two out there--Mr. Greene would call him an asshat--who will say something incredibly ignorant to get under people's skin. Thunder away. I know none of them would have the courage to say such things in public, the anonymity of the Internet allows so many people the chance at keyboard courage. Just understand that, the more you push this agenda that there are indeed races and because they're different, there's inherently races better than others, the more you protract your argument, the more ridiculous it because, the less sense it makes, and once it's all unravelled, you always come to the same conclusion, that you just spent your time and energy trying to justify an outmoded line of thinking that only makes you look like a fool. Fire away if you want to play jester for the rest of us.
Exactly so! However I don't think race is an inherently *evil* concept, while it tends towards division and negativity, the human rationale tends towards differentiating yourself from others, and skin color is very easy to differentiate between. This does not apply only to race, most prejudices are born of basic human differentiation, which, like generalization, helps humans understand an otherwise vast and unfathomable world. However in the information age, the majority of peoples should understand that all humans are equal, even if they hold prejudices. It is unreasonable to want to eliminate prejudice, however it is almost axiomatic to want people to know that they are equal. I don't know how to articulate it
***** I was more trying to say that the concept of race is not a legitimate reason to discriminate between others in a harmful way. Also I never really said there was no such thing as race, I believe that was more of the main idea in the original post by Flag Coco
Welcome for what? You do realize that we all have embassies in the United States, so immigrants are in the United States because of international immigration laws that the United State government signed with foreign governments.
John says: '...at least the federal government showed that it wouldn't allow states to ignore court orders about the Constitution." (10:25) It sounds very obvious today, but it wasn't always. President Jackson refused to enforce Worcester v. Georgia (1832) which lead the forcible removal of the Cherokee from Georgia to Oklahoma.
I think that was less about Federal vs State power and more about no one liking the Cherokee and really wishing they'd just go away. I mean Jackson did confront South Carolina over the nullification crisis,
As a Brit there are many things I admire about the USA but the period of segregation and racism is a horrible stain on its recent history and I can't help but feel a pang of pride that such a thing never happened in Britain. Theres a wonderful true story about British reactions to segregation of American troops stationed in Britain preparing for D-Day. A investigation was launched to see how American troops and British civilians were getting along and one investigator went into a local pub not far from an American base, and he asked the landlady if there had been any problems, any fights that sort of thing between the troops and the locals. The landlady replied "oh no, lovely fellows they are, nice to all the girls always quick to buy a round" etc etc. "really?" replied the investigator, "no problems at all?" "Oh no they're wonderful" said the landlady dreamily. "Are you absolutely sure?" demanded the Investigator. "Well..", the landlady said, "there is one thing…" "Yes, what is it?" Inquired the investigator. "Well I don't want to cause a fuss", said the landlady timidly, " I like the Americans very much but I don't much care for the white ones they brought along with them…" I love that story.
Lucas Hanson I don't remember saying anything like that at all, I simply remarked that there was never racial segregation in Britain and then went on to tell a somewhat amusing story. I make no pretensions about Britain's Imperial History but what I do argue for is the average British persons natural aversion to racism, militarism and our good sense when consulted on matters of racism. Lets not forgot it was British money that paid for the freeing of Frederick Douglass and many others from slavery.
Odysseus Ulysses The problem is that you sorta overlook the fact that there are the Irish, Scottish and Welsh who don't seem fond of being ruled over by the English monarchy and it's not as if there wasn't infighting within your country over such issues.
Leo Howler Scotland gave up their sovereignty and independence in 1707 because they were basically bankrupt due to ineptitude They have a chance to vote for independence next year and the signs are most Scottish people are quite happy to be part of the Union or they think independence will ruin Scotland. The Irish question is complicated and the welsh???
Simon Boyne Considering that those protests eventually evolved into the IRA, it's hardly a good-v-evil situation. As a brit myself i understand my country hardly has a perfect history (or present). But if you study the rhetoric of 20th century american and brit politicians, there is a clear difference towards opinions of immigrants, non-whites and segregation.
ALL men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. It is a shame that it took so long for this country to live up to these ideals.
Just learning about the trials African Americans had to face makes my heart sink. God, I do not want anyone to ever go through anything like that again. I'd give my life so that it wouldn't happen again.
Its bad enough to have everyone *think* you're a f*ckin' idiot when you keep your mouth shut. Its a whole new world when you open your mouth and everyone *knows* you're a f*ckin' idiot.
Note to John: the american civil rights campaign actually started in the late 1800s. Some of the first civil right leaders were, booker t. Washington, w.e.b. dubois(yeah they had opposing views but they were leaders iin their own right not to far from mlk and a younger and narrow miinded malcolm, p.s. he grrew up and his last disposition was closer to mlk's) and marcus garvey and whole slough of others. The time your discusing; the 1950-69 era, was actually the end of the civil rights movement if you add the 70s. To say it started in the 1950s is to cut off at least 70 years of work put in by people frrom all kiinds of cultures and backgrounds. I know your doing a time piece and this time is the turning point for the movement with the introduction of that double edged sword known as the t.v. in which americans were granted an eye into the horrors their country was commiting but please recognize that this is not the beginning but the near the end. Thanks. I didn't forget to be awesome and neither should you
He touched on that, saying that African Americans had been fighting for their rights for decades. To quote him, "Even before [world war ii] Black Americans had been fighting for equal rights, it's just that in the 1950s, they started to win" In fact, in the Slavery video, he makes clear that African Americans never passively accepted their condition, but were always resisting in subtle and non-subtle ways.
Equal rights for all americans regardless of race may be codified in law, but it's still far from reality in society. The work of the civil rights movement isn't nearly over.
Birdeaor John and I said they were winning. we never said they won. Likely as not, we never will, as the human tendency toward xenophobia and ethnocentrism will make it impossible to stamp out racism completely. But one see the civil rights movement of the 50s and 60s in the light one might view victory over the Nazis. Did we end anti-semitism? No. Did we even end Nazism? No. But we one a battle against anti-semitism and eugenics so decisive, that while such ideologies might linger at the edges of society and consciousness forever, we can hope that they will never have the influence they once enjoyed. Our campaigns against employment bias, subtle voter discrimination, and everyday racially motivated social aggression may never end, but thanks to the civil rights movements of the 50s and 60s, we may never have to worry about Jim Crow and atrocities of similar magnitude ever again. If not a final victory, it is definitely an important one.
Yep, I was mostly responding to Jason's idea that the civil rights movement ended in the 70s. Definitely been impressed by John's coverage of social justice movements in this series.
I do believe Booker T Washington and others were covered in an earlier episode that looked at their period of history. That time isn't ignored, it just isn't in this episode.
Sort of funny how you say "Orange County" of all places, on the surface maybe, bt we carry a heavy history of white supremacy. Not so much now but there are still plenty of older rich white people who act that way. *sigh* tough being a liberal here lemme tell ya
Oh man, that scene where the fists were raised in the air as Parks walks off made me tear up. Holy shit that was powerful - maybe because I'm aussie - and a lot of us identify with that moment in the olympics with the black power fist raised in the air. The third guy is an Aussie who was wearing a symbol for olympic human rights. Fuck it, I threw up my fist at the same moment as the group behind Parks did in this video, and I teared up a little. This is incredibly powerful stuff. And I needed a little magic in my day :D It bends toward motherfucking justice, cunts.
Mention segregation and miss the opportunity to show all the census maps of the USA that show how segregated many city districts stiill are.. (some maps have a resolution of 1 dot per person with an overlay of google maps)
+Inivicam Gorham Reeves The video is informative, but it could do a much better job of explaining just how horrific life was (and is) under discrimination. It's very easy to forget that it wasn't about drinking fountains. It seems pretty ridiculous actually that they failed to mention the vast numbers of lynchings, or police violence, or incidents like the Birmingham church bombing. And just how normal and acceptable this hatred was.
I lived in Milwaukee for five years. It is factually correct that the poorest, least educated, and most dangerous part of the city is the area where the majority of black people live. As part of community service programs through university, I went to these places. I saw that, frequently, the wrong help was being given. We built community gardens in parts of the city where no one knew how to cook and being outside got you shot. It was like giving a band-aid to someone with a gaping wound. The service organizers had grandiose visions, but I think they forgot to ask the people living in these places what they actually needed to achieve the equality they are theoretically promised in this country.
Sadly, when a government allows for second class citizenship (the pre civil rights era), they allow for poverty which breeds desperation in the human psyche. Many of those black/visible minority families have been in those circumstances for so long (generations?), I bet money if you asked them what they needed, almost half wouldn't even know how to accurately answer that question. The other half would be too afraid of further heart break and disappointment to even admit that there was any chance of hope. The problem with most community projects is they refuse to look to see just how deep the roots of the rotten tree have dug over time... Instead just offering to trim off the dead branches and leave the trunk bare and exposed with nothing to nurture itself...
The first person to be kicked off of a bus for not moving to the back of the bus. The first person was a 15-year-old pregnant girl named Claudette Colvin, she was arrested 9 months before Rosa Parks. Parks became the poster person because Colvin was pregnant.
We don't know if she did or not there isn't, to the best of my knowledge, her addressing it. That being said she might have and no one put it in a record, so we really don't know
+Emma Selby I read MLK's bio "Bearing the Cross" (great read btw) and it mentioned that Rosa Parks was chosen for this. She and her husband where active in the NAACP and her arrest was planned (they were just looking for the right opportunity) so the law could be challenged. It was strategic for the movement's progression. The NAACP bailed her out of jail, the boycott happened days later and the rest is history. I respected her a lot more, because as an activist she was well aware of what could've happened to her. When the opportunity came it must have taken a lot of courage for her to go through with it. I haven't read the book in forever so I'm sure I'm leaving some things out. There might be more info online though.
If you're going to talk next week about the "gay people" involved in civil rights, you'd better include the bisexuals, the trans, and all the other genders and orientations beyond just 'gay' that were involved and active in pushing for progress alongside gays and lesbians.
Slave owners in the South reacted to the 1831 Nat Turner slave revolt in Virginia by passing laws to discourage antislavery activism and prevent the teaching of slaves to read and write.
Actually Rosa Parks was already sitting in the back of the bus, what happened was the bus was full and a white dude got on, so the driver asker her and 3 other people to give up their seats so the white guy could sit alone. That's what she refused to do.
Call me hopelessly optimistic here, but I think that it's possible that rather than going to Hell, America and the world have been simply going through growing pains these past few years.
Yup, and if history teaches us anything then that "the good old times" were never better than the present, just more familiar to our grandparents. Improvements in medical treatment and equal rights are always the best examples here.
The media portrays black communities as bad people some are but a lot aren't if you notice some blacks live in very broken houses or apartments if you went a black neighborhood you might see them outside or listening to music here in Russia our houses aren't that good but give us heat and room i went to my black freinds house and it was horrible i told him if he did this himself and he replied "Nah i got the house like this." it was hard to look at the cracks on the red wall and the box TV he had the kitchen was small and the room was horrible i hope America an treat ALL races with respect whites,blacks, etc all need to be treated with respect.
It's a disgrace to us all that these disgraceful attitudes even supported by the Jim Crowe laws allowed....what must be defined as crimes against our own. it's beyond words to define just how wrong these things were....never forget there is always a reckoning
Segregation still exists in a lot of ways. Look at Detroit, D.C., Baltimore...some cities have "black interiors" and "white exteriors"...I visited Miami recently and was struck how certain parts were almost entirely black and the interior was mostly white Hispanic...which shows minority groups aren't immune either. When people say "race doesn't matter anymore" or "racism doesn't exist", it baffles me and just makes me think you want to deny the truth because it's uncomfortable. But the fact that (and this isn't unique to the US by ANY STRETCH) poverty and skin colour have frightening correlation...definitely indicates race still "matters." OH AND, YES! THE SIXTIES!! I love the Sixties.
Thanks John, for calling it the "Confederate battle flag". Most people don't realize that the iconic Confederate Jack *wasn't* the flag of the Confederate States of America. It was the flag of the Confederate *military*. People in our country fly the flag of the Confederate military. Just think about that.
I hope in the next video we discuss the black college students from HBUC's who played pivotal part in the fight for civil rights. They are one of the first representation of brilliance Afro-American mind stepping to the forefront and to danger to counter myths about the abilities of minorities. Their strengthen, adversary and success would ripen the next generation of African-American students during the 80's and 90's.
10:39 "Race mixing is communist" Jeez. It's scary and frustrating how ignorance molds the very definition of the self. These people could not accept, the thought wouldn't cross their mind, that they are not justified in their outrage.
Can we please have references in the doobly doo? Even just the materials that you used when composing the video would be helpful for people who want to learn more and to better understand John's perspective. Shouldn't citation and reference be a part of the professionalization of YT videos?
