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charles sumner and robert morris, a black lawyer, and charles sumner fought, that case, they lost. the legislature to repeal it. so anyway, let's move forward and move forward law. so yes, 7 to 1 decision, a single dissent, famous dissent. i, i out one quote from that ca a flavor of it. if one race being inferior to constitution united states cannot put them inherently rejee ideahat la problems of social discrimination. and as cheryl pointe enormous se period of jim crow laws that parents like my parents grew up in. my mher grew up in birmingham alabama. my told me many stories of not being able to stay here or drink from that water fountain. what's po remember, that's not a generation ago. tha's e so we fast forward near0 years we brown. where the supreme court is going to bewhether but equal is unconstituti in e ext of public schools and of course the man who wilthis case a lion of the law and your former bo jlater, thurgood marshall. before we get to t■w case, let's talk about him. tell us about what drove him in this work? strategize about getting to the supreme court? he did a
charles sumner and robert morris, a black lawyer, and charles sumner fought, that case, they lost. the legislature to repeal it. so anyway, let's move forward and move forward law. so yes, 7 to 1 decision, a single dissent, famous dissent. i, i out one quote from that ca a flavor of it. if one race being inferior to constitution united states cannot put them inherently rejee ideahat la problems of social discrimination. and as cheryl pointe enormous se period of jim crow laws that parents like...
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and one of these is the canon of charles sumner in 1856. and most of you know the story.if you don't, you can read my book when it out next year, which is on the subject. but you probably know that preston was the south carolina congressman here who assaulted senator charles sumner and so this was over slavery had given this speech very critical of slavery, critical of slave holders, including of preston brooks, his cousins, hence the caning and. of course, this was big news. how it not be. it spread rapidly by telegraph. you know, the newspapers at the time, they often wanted to emphasize, hey, this is breaking just like on cnn today in this case received by a magnetic telegraph just showing off the fact that, you know, you need to get the news here because this is the very latest and, of course, accounts of the caning you know, as you would expect, were very different in the north versus the south. in the south, you see a lot of examples of sumner. sumner deserving it, basically speech full of abuse, full of the vilest and most appeals against the domest institutions of
and one of these is the canon of charles sumner in 1856. and most of you know the story.if you don't, you can read my book when it out next year, which is on the subject. but you probably know that preston was the south carolina congressman here who assaulted senator charles sumner and so this was over slavery had given this speech very critical of slavery, critical of slave holders, including of preston brooks, his cousins, hence the caning and. of course, this was big news. how it not be. it...
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charles sumner and robert morris, a black lawyer, and charles sumner fought, that case, they lost. but within five years, they succeeded getting the legislature in in the state legislature to repeal it. so anyway, let's move forward and move forward law. laudner. so yes, 7 to 1 decision, a single dissent, famous dissent. i, i out one quote from that case just gives you a flavor of it. if one race being inferior to the other socially, the constitution united states cannot put them upon the same plane inherently rejecting the idea that the law would try to cure problems of social discrimination. and as cheryl pointed out, we have this enormous six decade period of jim crow laws that parents like my parents grew up in. my mother grew up in birmingham alabama. my told me many stories of not being able to stay here or drink from that water fountain. what's important to remember, that's not a generation ago. that's one generation ago. so we fast forward nearly 60 years and we're on the doorstep of brown. where the supreme court is going to be asked a new this question whether but equal i
charles sumner and robert morris, a black lawyer, and charles sumner fought, that case, they lost. but within five years, they succeeded getting the legislature in in the state legislature to repeal it. so anyway, let's move forward and move forward law. laudner. so yes, 7 to 1 decision, a single dissent, famous dissent. i, i out one quote from that case just gives you a flavor of it. if one race being inferior to the other socially, the constitution united states cannot put them upon the same...
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senate, you have, charles sumner, getting beaten to within an inch of his life. it's a period in which people are incredibly engaged witthl w. during the 1850s, there were clear warnings signs, if you will, t political trouble brewing, trouble brewing iciently enough that it could eventually disrupt union produced what was called at secy lead to civil war. ncoln was a he was a very effective lawyer. he was a lawyer that did a lot of traveling in illinois. he did what'calluit, which meant from courtroom to courtroom throughout the state of illinois. he is very well known in the state. he was known to be a conscientious, hardworking, deeply honest lawyer. he was one of those guys that you just find around. he was funny. he told incredible stories. he alway about making light of a situation. son addition to being just a beautiful speaker and and someone who had way wi words in the most serious moments, he knew how to cut a serious moment with a joke. he knew how make people feel more comfortable all at as a lawyer dealing with these personal conflicts between indivi
senate, you have, charles sumner, getting beaten to within an inch of his life. it's a period in which people are incredibly engaged witthl w. during the 1850s, there were clear warnings signs, if you will, t political trouble brewing, trouble brewing iciently enough that it could eventually disrupt union produced what was called at secy lead to civil war. ncoln was a he was a very effective lawyer. he was a lawyer that did a lot of traveling in illinois. he did what'calluit, which meant from...
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senate, you have, charles sumner, getting beaten to within an inch of his life..
senate, you have, charles sumner, getting beaten to within an inch of his life..