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099 Streaming Video Kanopy
245 00 Hoxie :|bthe First Stand.|h[Kanopy electronic resource]
264 1 [San Francisco, California, USA] :|bKanopy Streaming,
|c2015.
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500 Title from title frames.
518 Originally produced by California Newsreel in 2003.
520 Documents the first battle to implement the Brown vs.
Board of Education school desegregation decision fought in
the small, rural town of Hoxie, Arkansas. How many people
know that the first battle to implement the Brown vs Board
of Education school desegregation decision was fought in
the small, rural town of Hoxie, Arkansas? Or that it
became a flashpoint because it offered a peaceful
alternative to the bloody Massive Resistance campaigns of
the next decade? Hoxie sparked the first deployment of
federal agents in support of integration and the first
court order overturning state segregation laws. But it
also showed that unscrupulous politicians would fan
unfounded fears into violent anti-government fury, all too
reminiscent of similar movements today. Director David
Appleby had just finished his classic film, At the River I
Stand on the tragic weeks leading up to the assassination
of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Memphis, when he learned
of another event only 75 miles away which added an
unexpectedly hopeful chapter to the familiar narrative of
the Civil Rights Era. In 1955, school superintendant, K.E.
Vance and his all-white school board, decided to integrate
the Hoxie schools because "it was the law of the land and
right in the sight of God." The schools opened without
protest and teachers and parents reminisce about the ease
with which black and white students mixed. A reporter from
Life magazine did a photo essay to show that integration
could work in the South. Ironically, this stirred up local
malcontents who sought the help of the White Citizens
Councils springing up in response to the Brown decision.
The film vividly documents the vitriolic racism and
blatant incitement to violence of notorious politicians
like George Wallace, Strom Thurmond and Ross Barnett which
will shock anyone who didn't live through the Civil Rights
struggle. Warning of "mongrelization" and Communism, these
demagogues spread the doctrine of Massive Resistance,
States Rights and Nullification across the South; some
predicted a second Civil War. White supremacist groups
sent a lawyer and "outside agitators" to Hoxie, launching
the first white school boycott, calling for the recall of
the school board, threatening the superintendant's life
and shooting into the houses of black schoolchildren. But
the school board refused to be intimidated and the NAACP
sent an organizer to encourage black parents to keep their
children in school. Now middle-aged, these students still
recall their fear but also their determination not to
surrender their newly-won rights. Superintendant Vance
enlisted one of the few liberal lawyers in the area who
had friends in the Civil Rights Division of the Justice
Department. The Eisenhower administration was reluctant to
enforce the Supreme Court's decision but as the face-off
in Hoxie became critical, it felt compelled to assert
federal authority. FBI agents were sent to stop the
harassment and the federal courts repeatedly upheld the
school board's decision. The boycott failed and the
schools of Hoxie remain integrated to this day. The
situation in Hoxie proved just a rehearsal for what was to
come in nearby Little Rock two years later. By then,
defiance to integration had become a litmus test for every
Southern politician, including Arkansas' Orville Faubus.
But Hoxie: The First Stand shows there could be an
alternative when principled people, despite great
political and personal risk, stood firm against the racism
around them. Hoxie was the "road not taken" for the South;
it need not be for us today. “…remarkable…an incisive
corrective to the idea that Southerners universally
resisted desegregation… It shakes our perceptions of a
region and an era.” - Tom Walter, The Memphis Commercial
Appeal “…The state of the art in historical journalism.”
- The Columbia Journalism Review “This fascinating story
will show students both the courage and fortitude of the
Hoxie residents and the ways the politicians tried to use
integration for their own ends. It also demonstrates how
what appears to be a small decision can have national
repercussions, making it an excellent choice for any
secondary class studying the modern civil rights era.” -
School Library Journal “…an honest and poignant film.” -
The Arkansas Times “What is particularly useful about
this work is not just the filmmaker's prodigious research,
which has recovered numerous still photographs and footage
that are equally enlightening, but also the interviews
done with leading racists of that era, who provide insight
into the mechanics of reactionary politics.” - The Journal
of American History “It is a story well worth telling
because it shows that racism, fear and bigotry can be
conquered through effective communications and broad-based
community efforts.” - Adam W. Herbert, President of
Indiana University
538 Mode of access: World Wide Web.
650 0 Racism|xPolitical aspects |xRacism in Education|vHistory
|y20th century|zUnited States.
650 0 Civil rights movements|xSchool integration|vHistory|y20th
century|zUnited States|zArkansas.
650 0 African Americans|xRace relations|xPolitics and government
|xSocial conditions|vHistory|y20th century|zUnited States
|zSouthern States.
655 7 Documentary films.|2lcgft
700 1 Appleby, David |efilm director.
710 2 Kanopy (Firm)
856 40 |uhttps://naperville.kanopy.com/node/139678|zAvailable on
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