Brown vs. Board of Education
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JESSE JACKSON: Remembering the Legacy of Brown v. Board of Education
Sunday, May 17, marked the 66th anniversary of the landmark 1954 Supreme Court decision Brown vs. the Board of Education.…
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GUPTA: On Brown v. Board Anniversary, Senate Judiciary Committee Will Vote on Nominees Who Won’t Endorse It
Federal judges must address hard and complex questions every day. If a judicial nominee to a lifetime appointment cannot endorse…
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Linda Brown, Lead Plaintiff in Landmark Brown v. Board of Education Case, Dies
Linda Brown, who as a 9-year-old schoolgirl sat at the center of the landmark Supreme Court case that outlawed segregated…
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GAO Report: Segregation Increasing at Some U.S. Schools
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA News Wire Contributor) A recent report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that the…
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Charter Schools Present Post-‘Brown’ Challenge
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In 1954, Lucinda Todd was one of 13 plaintiffs in…
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The Most Segregated Schools May Not Be in the States You’d Expect
(The Washington Post) – Sixty years ago this Saturday, the Supreme Court found state laws imposing segregation unconstitutional. Progress…
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Brown v. Board of Education Decision Excerpts
The Associated Press On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that racial segregation of public schools violated the…
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Schools ‘Separate and Unequal’ 60 Years After Brown
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As the 60th anniversary of the United States Supreme Court ruling…
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Segregation Now
[ProPublica] Though James Dent could watch Central High School’s homecoming parade from the porch of his faded-white bungalow, it had…
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