In 1954, the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision of Brown v. Board of Education ousted segregation in the field of public education. This thought-provoking program uses archival footage and present-day interviews with those involved to chronicle the conception of the Brown case. The tireless efforts in the early 20th century of academic and lawyer Charles Houston to address racial inequalities in America’s classrooms are discussed, as well as Briggs v. Elliot, the first of four cases to make up the plaintiffs in the Brown legal action. The program also assesses the meager progress critics say has been made in certain states. A Discovery Channel Production. (112 minutes)