A VICTORY in HISTORY
Tags: DISCRIMINATION in education; BROWN v. Board of Education of Topeka (Supreme Court case); BROWN, Linda; AFRICAN Americans -- Education
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- In Pursuit of Equality. // Crisis (15591573);May/Jun2004, Vol. 111 Issue 3, p21
Deals with the exerted efforts in pursuit of equality for African Americans in the U.S. Significance of the decision on the Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education on May 17, 1954; Discrimination in education prior to the ruling on the Brown's case; Changes after the decision in the case.
- Half a Century After Brown. Sowell, Thomas // Human Events;5/17/2004, Vol. 60 Issue 17, p10
Examines the Brown versus Board of Education case wherein the U.S. Supreme Court decided to declare that racially segregated schools were unconstitutional on May 17, 1954. Impact of the decision on the economic status of African Americans; Fallacy underlying the civil rights vision of the U.S.;...
- SCHOOL COLORS. // Weekly Reader News - Senior;3/12/2004, Vol. 82 Issue 21, p4
Reports on the efforts of the U.S. Army to protect a number of African-American students who entered Central High School, an all-white school in Little Rock, Arkansas, for the first time on September 4, 1957. Actions taken by the U.S. Supreme Court regarding the segregation policy of some state...
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- THE VERY MEANING OF OUR LIVES. Hayes, Worth Kamili // American Educational History Journal;Spring2010, Vol. 37 Issue 1/2, p75
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- The revolution is being televised--on the internet. Kennard, William E. // Black Issues in Higher Education;12/10/98, Vol. 15 Issue 21, p112
Comments on the day the United States Supreme court handed down a decision in `Brown v. Board of Education.' Effect of the decision on African American children; Demolition of barriers separating races all over America; Need to bring equality of access to technology to education.
- Wisdom, Hindsight Render Brown's Goals 'Incomplete'. Cerstvik, Joan Preston // Black Issues in Higher Education;5/20/2004, Vol. 21 Issue 7, p36
Reprints the article "Wisdom, Hindsight Render Brown's Goals 'Incomplete'," by Joan Preston Cerstvik, which appeared in the January 13, 1974 edition of "Black Issues." Segregation of schools in Topeka, Kansas; Uncertainties faced by Afro-Americans and Whites in the years since the decision in...
- Forty years and counting. Sudo, Phil // Scholastic Update;11/18/94, Vol. 127 Issue 6, p2
Commemorates the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas in which Reverend Oliver L. Brown fought for, and won, admittance for her daughter Linda Brown into an all-white elementary school. Consequences of Brown's victory; Case background; Personality profile on Linda; Continuous...
- Collaboration: The True Spirit of Brown v. Board of Education. Frampton, Mary Louise // Berkeley La Raza Law Journal;Spring2004, Vol. 15 Issue 1, p210
Comments on the November 2003 symposium "Rekindling the Spirit of 'Brown v. Board of Education': A Call to Action." Objective of ensuring real equal opportunity for students of color in the future; Collaborative symposium issue produced by the "African-American Law & Policy Report," the "Asian...
