CouponPallooza & Civil Rights History at FreeState

AO: FreeState
QIC: @Horshack
PAX 4 – @Deagle, @Winston, @CashOnly

Warm Up–

· SSH-x 25 IC

· Harry Rockettes-x 15 IC

· Shoulder Taps-x 15 IC

· Cherry Pickers-x 15 IC

· 2 Laps with Kareoke-

· Hill Billies-x 15 IC

· Arm Circles-x 10 IC

· Imperial Walkers-x 15 IC

· Twistees-x 15 IC

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The Thang: Two Rounds of CouponPalllooza – Split the Circle AMRAP (40:20)

· Arms-

o Curls-

o Overhead Press-

o Upright Arm Extensions-

· Lunge Walk Around / Coupon-icides-

· Legs-

o Side Squats-

o Jump Overs-

o Deep Squats-

Mary:

· Leg Lifts-x 15 IC

· Freddie Mercuries-x 20 IC

· Plank Jacks-x 15 IC

· Dying Cockroach-x 15 IC

· E2K-x 15 IC

· Protractor w/ Flutters to close-x 20 IC

COT: May 17 & 18 in History – Two Major Civil Rights Cases With Opposite Impacts

Yesterday was May 17, and in 1954, in a major civil rights victory, the U.S. Supreme Court hands down an unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, ruling that racial segregation in public educational facilities is unconstitutional. The historic decision, which brought an end to federal tolerance of racial segregation, specifically dealt with Linda Brown, a young African American girl who had been denied admission to her local elementary school in Topeka, Kansas, because of the color of her skin.

On May 18 1896, the Supreme Court ruled seven to one in Plessy v. Ferguson that "separate but equal" accommodations in railroad cars conformed to the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of equal protection. That ruling was used to justify segregating all public facilities, including elementary schools. However, in the case of Linda Brown, the white school she attempted to attend was far superior to her Black alternative and miles closer to her home. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) took up Linda’s cause, and in 1954 Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka reached the Supreme Court. African American lawyer (and future Supreme Court justice) Thurgood Marshall led Brown’s legal team, and on May 17, 1954, the high court handed down its decision.

In an opinion written by Chief Justice Earl Warren, the nation’s highest court ruled that not only was the “separate but equal” doctrine unconstitutional in Linda’s case, it was unconstitutional in all cases because educational segregation stamped an inherent badge of inferiority on African American students. A year later, after hearing arguments on the implementation of their ruling, the Supreme Court published guidelines requiring public school systems to integrate “with all deliberate speed.”