Welcome to Flag Steward's 'Be a Stud Citizen'
Half-Staff Alerts & Reminders from Our Flag
(relaying Civics info & US History memos)
for Monday, May 17, 2021
[ Flags flying at Folsom Field at Univ. of Colorado, Boulder in May 2019 = S. Sweeney pic ]
Half-Staff Alerts & Reminders from Our Flag
(relaying Civics info & US History memos)
for Monday, May 17, 2021
[ Flags flying at Folsom Field at Univ. of Colorado, Boulder in May 2019 = S. Sweeney pic ]
Where is Our Flag, the U.S. Flag, at half-staff today?
[ CLICK HERE to see Half-Staff alert details, including pics of honorees ]
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[ 1) KEEP SCROLLING down this page and read it to yourself or perform it aloud for your school / classroom. If reading the page to a classroom, skip any text in [ brackets ].
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or, 3) WATCH the <5 minutes VIDEO of today's Reminders from Our Flag, by yourself or with your classrooom on a projector/flatscreen ]
[ 1) KEEP SCROLLING down this page and read it to yourself or perform it aloud for your school / classroom. If reading the page to a classroom, skip any text in [ brackets ].
2) LISTEN to the <5 minutes PODCAST as you or your classroom follow along viewing the page on a device or classroom projection
or, 3) WATCH the <5 minutes VIDEO of today's Reminders from Our Flag, by yourself or with your classrooom on a projector/flatscreen ]
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[ Note: If you can't access or play videos from YouTube in your school, then GO / CLICK HERE to watch today's stories from Our Flag on Loom. ]
Today's Historical Moment from Our Flag
... the end of public school segregation ...
... the end of public school segregation ...
[ Thurgood Marshall, who later became a Supreme Court Justice, celebrates winning the Brown v. Board of Education case = public domain image ]
On this date, May 17th, in 1954, the Supreme Court voted unanimously, a 9-0 decision, that, per the US Constitution, public schools must be desegregated (meaning - they cannot separate schools of students based on their skin color; no more all-white or all-black schools). The court case, officially named Oliver Brown, et al. v. Board of Education of Topeka, et al., was brought before the US Supreme Court by Thurgood Marshall and his team of lawyers.
[ Pic of the US Supreme Court Justices, with Chief Justice Earl Warren (center - first row), that ruled unanimously that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional = public domain pic ]
The US Supreme Court decision was celebrated in much of America, except the South - where segregated schools had been deeply engrained into their way of life for more than 100 years. (see image below, CC license from King of Hearts via Wikipedia).
So, as you might imagine, there was lots of resistance and it took a couple decades to fully integrate (desegregate) public schools in the South. Students like Ruby Bridges, the Little Rock 9, James Meredith, and many others had to nearly fight their way into southern public schools to break the barrier and begin the desegregation process.
So, as you might imagine, there was lots of resistance and it took a couple decades to fully integrate (desegregate) public schools in the South. Students like Ruby Bridges, the Little Rock 9, James Meredith, and many others had to nearly fight their way into southern public schools to break the barrier and begin the desegregation process.
Today's Inspirational Quote from Our Flag
“Where you see wrong or inequality or injustice,
speak out, because this is your country.
This is your democracy.
Make it. Protect it. Pass it on."
- Thurgood Marshall
( Lawyer on the winning team of Brown v. Board of Education in front of the US Supreme Court; Later sworn in as a US Supreme Court Justice himself )
[ Interior of US Supreme Court = CC license by Phil Roeder via Wikipedia ]
“Where you see wrong or inequality or injustice,
speak out, because this is your country.
This is your democracy.
Make it. Protect it. Pass it on."
- Thurgood Marshall
( Lawyer on the winning team of Brown v. Board of Education in front of the US Supreme Court; Later sworn in as a US Supreme Court Justice himself )
[ Interior of US Supreme Court = CC license by Phil Roeder via Wikipedia ]
And, now it's time to ...
Recite the Pledge of Allegiance
Recite the Pledge of Allegiance
Students across America, at school or at home, inspired by the decision to desegregate schools - allowing children of all races and backgrounds to learn and grow together, please unite and recite the Pledge.
Thanks for participating in today's U.S. Flag tribute.
This is Sean Sweeney, a fellow Flag Steward, signing-off:
Go out and 'Be a Stud Citizen' today
Keep America Beautiful, and remember,
In God We Trust
This is Sean Sweeney, a fellow Flag Steward, signing-off:
Go out and 'Be a Stud Citizen' today
Keep America Beautiful, and remember,
In God We Trust
In God We Trust
(Official motto of the United States of America)
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