CNN

Civil rights groups accuse conservatives of recasting landmark Brown v. Board ruling on 70th anniversary

Seventy years after the Supreme Court acknowledged that “separate but equal” had no place in the United States, one of history’s most celebrated legal opinions is being used by conservative groups to ...
The Spokesman-Review

Brown v. Board of Education at 70: How the landmark court case changed America by changing its classrooms

Seventy years ago Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. The decision rejected the “separate but equal” doctrine ...
The Hill

Black leaders commemorate 70 years of Brown v. Board with call to action

Some of the nation’s most prominent Black political leaders and advocates celebrated the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education Friday by calling for more to be done to end present-day ...
Education Week

‘Brown v. Board of Education’ at 70: A Dream Dissolved

By R. L’Heureux Lewis-McCoy — May 15, 2024 4 min read The segregation that was meant to be uprooted with the Brown decision not only persisted, but it has grown, and today, we stand at a critical ...
WTVD

70 years after Brown v Board, segregation remains in NC public schools

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Friday marks 70 years since school integration became the law of the land, and a new study reveals North Carolina schools still have work to do. Julia Fairley, 76, was in third ...
AOL

Everything you know about Brown v. Board of Education is wrong

OPINION: After 70 years, enough time has passed to learn the unwhitewashed history of the Supreme Court’s landmark desegregation case. Seventy years ago, on May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court issued ...
Fast Company

Brown v. Board of Education at 70: How education has evolved and stayed the same

The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, fee-based network of influential leaders, experts, executives, and entrepreneurs who share their insights with our audience. BY Rose Stuckey Kirk Seventy ...
WRAL

NC schools are struggling with segregation 70 years after Brown v. Board, new research shows

North Carolina schools remain segregated and often are more segregated now than they were just a few decades ago, according to two new studies that show similar trends across the nation. Friday marks ...
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New research spotlights a Kansas school that helped pave the way for Brown v. Board of Education

A Humanities Kansas grant will fund new research on the Madam C.J. Walker School in Merriam. The old school, which was the center of a desegregation lawsuit in the 1940s, now houses the Philadelphia ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Brown at 70: The Continued Pursuit Toward Equitable Education

On the 70th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, experts reflect upon its ongoing relevance and spotlight work to address systemic inequities and foster ...
Sun Sentinel

Seventy years after Brown v. Board of Education, is school segregation here to stay? | Opinion

At the start of the 2008-09 school year, I drove past the University of Florida’s red-brick campus to the city’s economically disadvantaged eastside to film a documentary about the community’s ...