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The Southern Education Foundation’s Legacy with Brown v. Board of Education (January-April 2024 P & R Article)

April 24, 2024 by

Raymond C. Pierce When I reflect on the 70th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education U.S. Supreme Court decision that ended the ‘separate but equal’ doctrine of our nation’s educational system, I can’t help but consider the historic context in which this landmark case evolved and how it reflects the long struggle for educational opportunity. We know that during the … [Read more...] about The Southern Education Foundation’s Legacy with Brown v. Board of Education (January-April 2024 P & R Article)

Censored, Erased, and Whitewashed: Jim Crow Education in the Twenty-First Century (January-April 2024 P & R Article)

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Elizabeth Gillespie McRae In January 2021, a presidential-commissioned study on the teaching of U.S. History titled “The 1776 Report” condemned the teaching of so-called critical race theory, identity politics, an emphasis on political oppression, and a tendency to look at “groups” rather than exceptional individuals. Given that Donald Trump left office that same month, the … [Read more...] about Censored, Erased, and Whitewashed: Jim Crow Education in the Twenty-First Century (January-April 2024 P & R Article)

How Brown v. Board of Education Affected Black Teachers: A New Perspective (January-April 2024 P & R Article)

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Zoë Burkholder Speaking to a packed audience in Montclair, New Jersey in 1957, director of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund Thurgood Marshall asked, “Can you name two counties in New Jersey where there is a mixed faculty and student body in every public school?” As lead counsel for Brown v. Board of Education, Marshall was certain of the answer: no. There was not a single … [Read more...] about How Brown v. Board of Education Affected Black Teachers: A New Perspective (January-April 2024 P & R Article)

Reclaiming Brown’s Remedial Principle (January-April 2024 P & R Article)

April 24, 2024 by

Olatunde Johnson Brown anniversaries have a familiar cadence. We celebrate Brown v. Board of Education—the stunning work of lawyers to undo the legality of “separate but equal” and advance desegregation in education and public life—and yet we also lament how much work remains to achieve meaningful equality in schools and beyond. Brown often seems to exist more in principle … [Read more...] about Reclaiming Brown’s Remedial Principle (January-April 2024 P & R Article)

Brown v. Board of Education: The Soul of Our Multiracial Democracy (January-April 2024 P & R Article)

April 24, 2024 by

Jin Hee Lee, Sarah Seo, and Hamida Labi Seven decades have passed since the United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled, in Brown v. Board of Education, that Black people must be treated as equal persons deserving of the full rights of citizenship under the law. A crowning achievement for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), Brown was the culmination … [Read more...] about Brown v. Board of Education: The Soul of Our Multiracial Democracy (January-April 2024 P & R Article)

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