Brown v The Board of Education
Racial segregation ends in US schools; Iran's 2009 election protest; and Weight Watchers
The History Hour · BBC World Service
May 20, 201751m 35s
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Show Notes
The 1954 US Supreme Court ruling that led to the end of racial segregation in US schools, the Iranian woman protestor whose death on film shocked the world; the start of the worldwide dieting franchise, Weight Watchers and who was Alexander Hamilton?
(Photo African American student Linda Brown, Cheryl Brown Henderson's eldest sister (front, C) sitting in her segregated classroom.Credit: GettyArchive)