Black History in Two Minutes (or so)

Black History in Two Minutes (or so)


Affirmative Action

January 24, 2020
Be Woke Presents Black History in Two Minutes (or so)

President Lyndon B. Johnson made it clear that a shift was greatly needed in America. No longer could we preach about a land of opportunity, when minorities didn’t have the same foundation or access to educational institutions. Thus, Affirmative Action was introduced by President Johnson at Howard University in 1965.


In 1977, a white college student found himself denied admission to a medical school and sought justice. Affirmative Action was officially under attack and the courts would have to decide: is this legal? In the end, Affirmative Action remained, but with additional criteria in set in place.


In this episode of Black History in Two Minutes or So hosted by Henry Louis Gates Jr., with additional commentary from Brittney Cooper and Kimberle Crenshaw, we take a look at a law that wanted to give black people equal access to a society that often liked the idea of opportunity, but only within reason.


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Archival Materials Courtesy of:

Getty Images

LBJ Library

Shutterstock


Additional Archival by:

ABC Evening News

Austin American-Statesman

Great Falls Tribune

Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Lansing State Journal


Executive Producers:

Robert F. Smith

Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Dyllan McGee

Deon Taylor


Produced by:

William Ventura

Romilla Karnick


Music By:

Oovra Music


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