Stories of Children In the Civil Rights Movement

Olivia and Raven talk about the children who were instrumental in protests against segregation. They dive into the stories of Ruby Bridges, The Little Rock Nine, the Leesburg Stockade Girls, the Burmingham Children’s March of 1963, the Peace Ponies, and an NAACP Youth Council member.

 

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Discussion Summary:

01:10: Topic intro, and what led civil rights leaders to involve children in the movement.

05:54: Ruby Bridges’s role in integrating New Orleans schools.

18:18: The Little Rock Nine and desegregating Little Rock Central High School.

32:55: The Leesburg Stockade Girls, imprisoned for violating Jim Crow laws when purchasing theater tickets.

36:57: The Children’s March of 1963 in Burmingham, Alabama, and personal anecdotes from children who participated.

47:24: The Civil Rights History Project, and the importance of such a project centering Black history education.

53:04: Outro.

 

Episodes Referenced:

The Resistance In Our Blood: Challenging Segregated Buses Didn’t Start With Rosa Parks

https://isquared.podbean.com/e/the-resistance-in-our-blood-challenging-segregated-buses-didn-t-start-with-rosa-parks/

Black Beauty Highlight: Carlotta Walls LaNier

https://isquared.podbean.com/e/black-beauty-highlight-carlotta-walls-lanier/

Was Abraham Lincoln the Savior of Black-Americans?

https://isquared.podbean.com/e/was-abraham-lincoln-the-savior-of-black-americans/

 

Learn More!

Ruby Bridges

https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/ruby-bridges

How Youth Activists Impacted the Civil Rights Movement

https://www.biography.com/news/african-american-youth-civil-rights-movement

Hidden Herstory: The Leesburg Stockade Girls

https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/hidden-herstory-leesburg-stockade-girls

'I Gave Up Hope': As Girls, They Were Jailed In Squalor For Protesting Segregation

https://www.npr.org/2019/01/18/685844413/i-gave-up-hope-as-girls-they-were-jailed-in-squalor-for-protesting-segregation

Children as Civic Agents during the Civil Rights Movement

https://www.socialstudies.org/system/files/publications/articles/yl_27045.pdf

Youth in the Civil Rights Movement

https://www.loc.gov/collections/civil-rights-history-project/articles-and-essays/youth-in-the-civil-rights-movement/