#SchoolSegregation

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MLK Day of Service

Thoughts on MLK Service Day with suggestions on how to honor Dr. King. Links to some resources to know more about the Civil Rights Movement, as well as tips on things to do today.

Photo Courtesy of the Nobel Peace Organization Today we honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in this day of remembrance that’s a National Holiday and a day of National Service. Reverend King Jr. spent much of his career advocating for civil rights, racial equality, and human rights. In the 1960s, he, along with other leaders of the time, was largely responsible for the wave of changes to laws that…

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🎨🍷#ArtIsAWeapon Closing reception for “LR9: 1957” exhibit at the @sheencenter tomorrow, August 2, 5PM - 7PM. (Swipe ⬅.) ‘LR9: 1957’ is a multimedia group exhibition on the exploration and examination of the Little Rock Central High School integration by nine Black American students: Melba Pattillo Beals, Minnijean Brown, Elizabeth Eckford, Ernest Green, Gloria Ray Karlmark, Carlotta Walls LaNier, Thelma Mothershed, Terrence Roberts, Jefferson Thomas. 👩🏿‍🎨FEATURED ARTISTS👨🏿‍🎨: ✔Kimberly Becoat @kimberlymbecoat (artwork featured on second image) ✔Ajamu Kojo @ajamu (exhibit #curator) ✔Aaqil Ka @aaqil_ka ✔Valincy-Jean Patelli @vjpatelli_studio ✔Patrick Earl Barnes @patrickearltm ✔Roni Nicole @movingpicshow ✔Paul Deo @pauldeo ✔Aimée Everett @beignetaulait (artwork featured on first image) ✔Chet Gold @chetgoldchet. ____________________ #SheenCenter #ThoughtAndCulture #LittleRock9 #LR91957 #BlackAmericanHeros #LR9 #SchoolSegregation #JimCrow #ThurgoodMarshall #EducationInequality #SeparateButEqual #ArtExhibit #BlackArtists #BlackArt #BlackHistory365 #AmericanHistory #TraScapades #ArtIsAWeapon (at Sheen Center)

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Kozol: Letters to a Young Teacher

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Vivian Malone: The First Black University of Alabama Graduate

#OnThisDay in 1965, Vivian Malone becomes the first African American graduate of the University of Alabama. In 1963, Malone and John Hood became the first African Americans to enroll at the University of Alabama. On registration day, Governor George Wallace blocked the door—planning to prevent their entry and uphold his promise of “Segregation now, segregation today, segregation forever.” President John F. Kennedy issued Executive Order 11111, federalizing the National Guard to command Wallace step aside. Malone graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in business management.

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Come thru tomorrow (6-8pm) to @smackmellon for what will he an amazing roundtable conversation on #schoolsegregation led by journalist #KyleSpencer! (at Smack Mellon)

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Today in 1954: Brown v. Board Ruling Declared School Segregation Unconstitutional

Photo: This image of an integrated classroom in the previously all white Barnard Elementary School in Washington, D.C., shows how the District's Board of Education attempted to act quickly to carry out the Supreme Court decision to integrate schools in the area. Thomas J. O'Halloran. School integration, Barnard School, Washington, D.C., 1955, Library of Congress. 

#Onthisday in 1954, the U.S Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education that school segregation was declared unconstitutional. For more than a decade, Charles H. Houston, Dean of Howard University Law School, headed a team of lawyers that brought school desegregation cases in Delaware, Kansas, South Carolina, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. After Houston’s death, Thurgood Marshall argued a joint appeal of these cases before the U.S. Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education. 

Part of their defense relied on the testimonies and research of social scientists during throughout their legal strategy. In the 1940s, psychologists Kenneth and Mamie Clark designed and conducted a series of experiments known as “the doll tests” to study the psychological effects of segregation on African American children. On May 17, 1954, Chief Justice Earl Warren issued a unanimous decision that racial segregation is unconstitutional, violating the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause.

Learn more about the history of school segregation from the Library of Congress: bit.ly/2rqwcie

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🎨🎭 #ArtIsAWeapon The @sheencenter announces a new #art #exhibit and #play about the #LittleRockNine, the group of Black students whose case changed the course of American history when they enrolled at Arkansas' all-white, segregated Central High School in 1957. ____________________ 🎨"The Sheen Center is proud to present LR9: 1957...a multimedia group exhibition on the exploration and examination of the Little Rock Central High School integration of the Nine Black American students: Melba Pattillo Beals, Minnijean Brown, Elizabeth Eckford, Ernest Green, Gloria Ray Karlmark, Carlotta Walls LaNier, Thelma Mothershed, Terrence Roberts, Jefferson Thomas. 
FEATURED ARTISTS:

✔Kimberly Becoat @kimberlymbecoat (artwork featured on first image) ✔Ajamu Kojo @ajamu (exhibit #curator) ✔Aaqil Ka @aaqil_ka ✔Valincy-Jean Patelli @vjpatelli_studio ✔Patrick Earl Barnes @patrickearltm ✔Roni Nicole @movingpicshow ✔Paul Deo @pauldeo ✔Aimée Everett @beignetaulait ✔Chet Gold @chetgoldchet. Exhibition on view May 31-August 3, 2018. Opening Reception June 8, 2018, 5:30pm-7:30pm. ____________________ SWIPE ⬅ 🎭Harvey Butler | Rebel Theatrical Management Presents LITTLE ROCK June 6-September 8, 2018 at the Loreto Theater. "LITTLE ROCK brings urgently to life the Nine’s untold personal stories of challenge and resilience, conjuring memories of America not so long ago. From writer and director Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj, this deeply moving play honors the bravery of these young heroes and asks audiences: Would you have had the courage?" #SheenCenter #ThoughtAndCulture #LittleRock9 #BlackAmericanHeros #LR9 #SchoolSegregation #JimCrow #ThurgoodMarshall #Drama #OffBroadway #EducationInequality #SeparateButEqual #ArtExhibit #BlackArtists #BlackArt #BlackHistory365 #AmericanHistory #TraScapades (at Sheen Center)

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Link in my bio! @Regrann from @raceandrevolution - Artists! One more week to submit for "Still Separate - Still Unequal", a look at school segregation and inequalities from the past into the present. Thank you to @smackmellon and @youngglobal for inviting me to participate in this important conversation! For info on how to submit: https://smackmellon.submittable.com/submit/75383/summer-2017-smack-mellon-emerging-artist-open-call #artasactivism #artistopencall #artexhibition #schoolsegregation #socialjustice #educationjustice #smackmellon #brooklyn #artistsubmission #emergingartists #racerevolution #raceandrevolution (at Smack Mellon)