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Hakeem Jeffries: “The school walkout that Barbara led on April 23, 1951…”

Featuring: Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic | U.S. House New York, 8th Congressional District

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Hakeem Jeffries & Mike Johnson Speak at Barbara Rose Johns Statue Unveiling on Capitol Hill

Published | Video Starts at 03:26

The prophet writes in the book of Isaiah, the 11th chapter 6 verse, that a child shall lead them to particularly fitting passage of scripture now engraved in the statue that commemorates her iconic legacy. The school walkout that Barbara led on April 23, 1951, sparked the school desegregation movement that ultimately culminated in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision. Of the five cases that made it up to the Supreme Court, the Virginia case was the only one that emerged from a student led movement. That's black history. (03:26–03:40)

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Asserts that Barbara Johns' school walkout initiated the movement leading to Brown v. Board of Education.

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