School Interrupted
- Episode aired Mar 20, 2020
- 27m
In the rural district of Prince Edward County, Virginia, young people staged a strike in 1951 - an effort that culminated in the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education that ... Read allIn the rural district of Prince Edward County, Virginia, young people staged a strike in 1951 - an effort that culminated in the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education that outlawed segregated schools. Host Edward Ayers meets participants of that strike, as well ... Read allIn the rural district of Prince Edward County, Virginia, young people staged a strike in 1951 - an effort that culminated in the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education that outlawed segregated schools. Host Edward Ayers meets participants of that strike, as well as a museum educator, author, and librarian. He learns about the resilience of local black... Read all