American Experience · SEASON 35
The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools
Episode 8 · 2023-09-12
- Documentary
Episode overview
When the Supreme Court issued an order to fully and immediately desegregate schools in October 1969, Leland Mississippi finally met the demand put forth in the 1954 Brown v Board of Education decision. In the fall of 1970, a group of children entered school as part of the first class of Black and white students who would attend all 12 grades together.
107 minutes
Season 35 episodes
1. The Lie Detector2023-01-03
2. Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space2023-01-17
3. Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History2023-02-20
4. The Movement and the "Madman"2023-03-28
5. The Sun Queen2023-04-04
6. Casa Susanna2023-06-27
7. The Busing Battleground2023-09-11
8. The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools2023-09-12
9. The War on Disco2023-10-30
