Brown v. Board of Education

Tuesday 05/17/1994

Forty years after Brown v. Board of Ed. ended school segregation, NAACP lawyer Jack Greenberg, Melba Beals--one of the Little Rock Nine--and journalists Paul Robeson, Jr. and James Traub discuss its impact on society today.

People in this video: James Traub Melba Beals Paul Robeson, Jr. Jack Greenberg

Category: Society Law History

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