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/
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