Week 5: Volkomer, Chapter 12–Civil Rights
Please respond to the discussion using 200 words or more.

What are some of the key cases on which Volkomer relies in relating the basic legal history of civil rights in America? How, when, and why has the legal recognition of rights changed over time? What has been the role of individuals in championing their rights?
One of the watershed moments in the modern history of civil rights struggle in America was the 1957 battle over school integration in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957. Here is a classic 1965 documentary on that conflict, which you will want to watch, with care, along with the other short video embedded below.

Now, consider the personal testimony of one of the Little Rock Nine,
Melba Patillo Beals. What role did faith play in her survival and
success in what she faced at Little Rock in 1957 and beyond?