Education Week

Should ‘Brown v. Board of Education’ Be Renamed? The Debate, Explained

Nearly 70 years after the U.S. Supreme Court decided Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, the historic ruling on school desegregation is still being debated, and some aspects of it are, in a sense, ...
KEYT

Brown v. Board of Education Fast Facts

Oliver Brown, an African American welder and assistant pastor, brings a case against the Topeka Board of Education for not allowing his 9-year-old daughter, Linda Brown, to attend Sumner Elementary ...
Reuters

Biden commemorates Brown v. Board of Education anniversary with White House meeting

WASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday met with family members of the plaintiffs in the 1954 Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education, which outlawed racial ...
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 ...
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 ...
Boston University

Brown v Board of Education: “We Need Another Moment for Our Time”

Seventy years ago, on May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision, which outlawed racial segregation in public schools. Acknowledging that the ...
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 ...
Stanford Daily

Brown v. Board of Education, 50 Years Later

We conclude that, in the field of public education, the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place.” —Chief Justice Earl Warren, in the unanimous decision issued May 17, 1954 A lawyer who helped ...
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 ...
USA Today

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 70 years later: We're still failing children

This is a year of celebration. Seventy years ago this May the Supreme Court outlawed racial segregation in the public schools. The court’s ruling in Brown v. Board of Education made it illegal for ...
Essence

The Promise Of Brown v. Board Of Education Was Never Fulfilled. Which Is Why We Need Critical Race Theory

Nearly 70 years after the Supreme Court's landmark Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka on May 17, 1954, its promises of desegregating schools– which prompted the dismantling of Jim Crow laws more ...
PBS

Brown v. Board

Ted commemorates the 70th anniversary of the historic Supreme Court decision. 2024 marks 70 years since the historic Brown v. Board Supreme Court decision, which ended segregation in American ...