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The Impact and Legacy Script (5/9/12 (Person interviewing: Karlie) Interviewer: Kat Filmer: Chad Karlie (An African American that lived in Topeka Kansas)

Kat:  Good Morning, you're spending your day with wake up at 6 channel 6 news, I am here with Karlie Williams, an African American that currently lives in Topeka Kansas.

Karlie: Good morning ya’ll, I’m happy to be here.

Kat:  We are going to ask her a few questions about her life after the Brown Vs Board of Education Case. And I want to ask you, what's your opinion on the overall result of the case?

Karlie: Overall, I am happy with the result of the case, though I do wish there is more that could have been done to help African Americans get an even better education and attend even better schools, and even though it didn’t happen right away because people took their time to end segregation because they still believed that segregation should exist.

Kat :  Your thoughts are very interesting, but another question i have is, did the result of the case help you, an African American be more equal in society?

Karlie: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> The result of the case didn’t necessarily stop segregation as a whole, because even though we were given a chance for better education that didn’t stop the whites thinking what they thought of us. They still called us bad names and did mean things to us, so in the school board yes, but out on the streets, no.

<span style="background-color: #00ff00; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Kat <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">: Karlie, I want to ask one more question, what would you like to see change in society?

<span style="background-color: #ff0000; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Karlie <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">: What I would like to see happen in the future is, I would love to see segregation end and not have the white people look at us like we are some sort of animal just because we have dark colored skin. I don’t want future African Americans to live in such a segregated world.

<span style="background-color: #00ff00; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Kat: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Ah, interesting, pretty good. But I want to thank you, Karlie Williams, for joining us at today at wake up at 6 channel 6 news. Thankyou, and have a great morning. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">____________________________________________________________________________________

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; vertical-align: baseline;">__History Interview__

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Nada and Minhal: Interviewers

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Josh: Oliver Brown

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mohammad: Camera Person

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Nada: Today we have Mr. Oliver Brown with us. Hello Mr. Brown. Mr. Brown played a major role in the Brown vs. The Board of Education Case. Would you please tell us what your life was like before the case.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Josh: Well, with the Jim Crow laws affecting every part of my life, it was very difficult to do simple things like getting a drink of water. But it wasn’t just hard for me, it was hard for my daughters to go to school. Overall, I, and other African Americans were just frustrated.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Minhal: I heard you elude to your daughters’ hardships. Can you please elaborate on that subject?

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Josh: Yes, it was very hard for both of my daughters. They had to walk 20 blocks to the nearest black school while the white children rode the bus to the nearest white school, which was only 7 blocks away. The white school also has much more superior conditions including a cafeteria, gymnasium, new materials, and better facilities overall.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Nada: I understand that this case made its way up to the Supreme Court. Could you explain how it got that far and the events leading up to it.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Josh: Well it wasn’t just my case that made to the Supreme Court- there were four other cases along with mine. They came from Delaware, the District of Columbia, Virginia, South Carolina and mine, from Kansas. We all started in our courts and worked our way up with some help from the NAACP. They helped increasingly with the legal work. The Supreme Court was very interested in hearing our case.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Minhal: Okay! This concludes today’s interview. Special thanks to Mr. Brown for joining us today! This is Minhal Gardezi...

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Nada: ...And Nada Botros..

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Both: Signing off!