Story of Schools Part III

This episode of Story of Schools took place from 1950 through 1980 in which many changes occurred during this short time period. During the fifties blacks, any other minorities and women were not given the right to participate in athletics. Minorities were also not allowed to take certain classes because there was an overlying thought that they were too dumb to do well in harder classes. In 1954 Brown vs. The Board of Education ruled that every student should be given the same/equal education. This meant segregation in schools was out the door. In 1972, Title IX passed and women were given the right to participate in school athletics. It took a long time for schools to actually desegregate. With the help of Lyndon Johnson, the government was able to give schools funding in order to complete this desegregation. He enforced the Civil Rights Act which was a huge component in the desegregation movement. Hopefully as time continues to pass, we will continue to stop discrimination against all different types of people.