LEVELING LINCOLN, tells the story of the children who lived the history behind the landmark desegregation case of Taylor vs. Board of Education of New Rochelle, NY - 1961. This case branded the city the "Little Rock of the North" in the press from California to Canada. It became a pivotal case that brought the Civil Rights struggle to the "tolerant" North East. With the best of intentions, Black parents sent their small children into white schools. Leveling Lincoln explores the intended and unintended consequences of this seminal case.

Through interviews and historical footage Leveling Lincoln explores the landmark 1961 desegregation case Taylor vs. Board of Education of New Rochelle, NY where an entire elementary school had to be torn down to achieve a level playing field in education. A complicated case that brought integration to the "tolerant" Northeast.