To read the Brown decision, click here: Brown v. Panel offers advocates of six strategies a chance to articulate 1) how their ideas are connected to Brown and 2) why their strategy offers hope for the future in pursuing the dream in Brown.Įvent Agenda | Panelist Biographies | Listen to Event | Video Highlights Unfinished Business: Keeping the Promise of Brown v. Board of Education, that separate schooling of black and white children was inherently unequal, marking the dawn of the modern civil rights movement. On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court declared in its landmark unanimous decision, Brown v. The Failures of Integration, by Sheryll Cashin Eisenhower’s presidency, Chief Justice Earl Warren, speaking on behalf of a unanimous Supreme Court, issued a historic ruling that he and his colleagues hoped would irrevocably change the social fabric of the United States. On May 17, 1954, an otherwise uneventful Monday afternoon, fifteen months into Dwight D. In any given metropolitan area I could tell a tale of two different schools, a tale in which inequality closely mirrors the race and class of the students attending the school.Īll Deliberate Speed, by Charles J.
Hubert Humphrey – against all odds – persuaded the Democratic National Convention to adopt a strong civil rights plank.įifty Years After Brown, the American Dilemma Continues, by Sheryll Cashin, May 12, 2004 The columns and resources available here address policy initiatives, strategies of hope, and new ideas for fulfilling Brown’s promise.Ī Call to Leadership, by Bill Taylor, May 17, 2004
Integration strategies and other efforts to ensure equal educational opportunities for all students is front and center. Today, race- and economic-based segregation in public schools is a growing phenomenon. This landmark decision mandating the racial desegregation of our nation’s public schools has had both lasting effects on, and new implications for, students, parents, teachers and school administrators alike. On May 17, America celebrates the 50th anniversary of Brown v.
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