Connecting the 'Brown' Decision to Today's Social Justice Movement

The Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, provides an opportunity to teach young people about the ...

Learning for Justice connects “Brown” decision to today

The 1954 decision struck down the notion of “separate but equal” within public education. It declared that school segregation violated the 14 th Amendment.

Understanding 'Brown' in the Context of Inclusive Education

Our newest article puts the Brown decision into context and encourages connections to current justice challenges in education—including the ...

In Pursuit of Justice: Fulfilling the Promise of Brown v. Board of ...

Despite the sit-ins, marches, and court rulings of the civil rights movement, today, many schools remain segregated by race and socioeconomic ...

Revisiting Brown v. Board of Education – 70 Years Later | NEA

Board of Education decision ended legal segregation in public schools overnight; it also ignited mass resistance that continues today through ...

The ACLU's role in Brown v. Board of Education - Gale

In this Supreme Court case, public schools were ordered desegregated in a unanimous verdict. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) played an important role ...

Did Brown Matter? | The New Yorker

On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court announced its decision in the case of Brown v. Board of Education. “Separate educational facilities are ...

Brown v. Board of Education (1954) | National Archives

On May 17, 1954, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren delivered the unanimous ruling in the landmark civil rights case Brown v. Board of ...

Teaching about Brown v. Board of Education | post

Though the Brown decision itself did not lead to the immediate desegregation of schools, and was in fact met in many places with “massive resistance,” the case ...

Brown v. Board at Fifty: “With an Even Hand” The Aftermath

This photograph shows the results of the Brown decision with both black and white students in the same classroom in 1957. Today Anacostia, like many of the ...

How Black Women Changed the Face of Education in America

Discover the students, mothers, and activists involved in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case.

The Little Rock Nine: Connecting 1957 to Today - Facing History

The Brown v. Board of Education decision of 1954—which overturned the state-sanctioned segregation codified by the Plessy v. Ferguson decision ...

Brown I and Brown II | Virginia Museum of History & Culture

In 1950 the NAACP decided that it would no longer file lawsuits seeking equal educational facilities, but only those that sought to end segregated schools ...

The Meaning Of The Brown Decision [May 10, 2004]

Despite a “massive” and violent resistance from individuals and local and state governments alike, that nonviolent movement exploded across the ...

Brown v. Board of Education and Other Social Movements

rights movement, through the Brown decision “spilled over” to affect subsequent social ... Today, PACER Center expands opportunities and enhances the ...

In Clash Over Affirmative Action, Both Sides Invoke Brown v. Board ...

“Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal,” Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote. Exactly what else the ruling and its reasoning ...

Fulfilling the Promise of Brown v. Board: From School and Housing ...

Board of Education ruling promised integrated and equitable schools. Today, as one sign of progress, housing officials collaborate with ...

Social Justice and the Supreme Court: Lessons from the Past

campaigns connected to social movements. These ... other branches of government, as the civil rights movement demonstrated in Brown.

Landmark Civil Rights Cases Decided by the Supreme Court

The decision highlights the complicated history and current status of civil rights in this country. Today, we are joined by an esteemed law scholar, Professor ...

The Supreme Court Is Overturning Brown v. Board of Education

Citing religious freedom, Chief Justice John Roberts recently led the Court to sanction religious discrimination in publicly financed private ...