In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education that public schools had to be desegregated, but Alabama was slow to comply.
ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti fˈoːɹ, ðə jˈuː.ˈɛs. suːpɹˈiːm kˈoːɹt ɹˈuːld ɪn bɹˈaʊn vˈiː. bˈoːɹd ʌv ˌɛdʒuːkˈeɪʃən ðæt pˈʌblɪk skˈuːlz hædtə biː diːsˈɛɡɹɪɡˌeɪɾᵻd, bˌʌt ˌæləbˈæmə wʌz slˈoʊ tə kəmplˈaɪ.