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After 70 years, what is left to say about Brown v.Board of Education?. A lot, it turns out. As the anniversary nears this week for the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic May 17, 1954, decision that ...
The court’s ruling in Brown v. Board of Education made it illegal for states and school districts to turn African American children away from a public school because of their race, ending a ...
This week marks 70 years since the Supreme Court's landmark civil rights ruling of Brown v. Board of Education integrated public education. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Annette Gordon Reed of ...
Brown v. Board of Education. Topeka, Kansas. Filed: Feb. 28, 1951 A minister attempted to enroll his 8-year-old daughter in the elementary school nearest the family’s home.
Linda Brown, who as a girl was at the center of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case, died at age 76. Brown's death comes at a time when school segregation is on the rise in the ...
March 25, 2018 – Linda Brown, who was at the center of the Brown v. Board of Education case that ended segregation in US schools, dies in Topeka, Kansas at the age of 75.
This year marks the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, the unanimous Supreme Court ruling declaring that racial segregation in public schools violated the U.S. Constitution.
At just eight years old, Sylvia Mendez became a key figure in Mendez v. Westminster, a landmark school desegregation case that laid the groundwork for Brown v. Board of Education. Her family’s ...
It was just over 70 years ago, on May 17th, 1954, The U.S. Supreme Court delivered a unanimous ruling that would change our educational system: "Brown versus Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas." ...
Despite Brown v. Board of Education and the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the U.S. has implemented policies that further segregate Black students based on race and poverty.
Vouchers were born out of white backlash to Brown v. Board of Education. After courts ordered public schools to integrate, segregation academies popped up across the South, and vouchers were the ...
It was just over 70 years ago, on May 17th, 1954, The U.S. Supreme Court delivered a unanimous ruling that would change our educational system: "Brown versus Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas." ...