Why Brown Still Matters Why Brown Still Matters
Fifty years ago, African-Americans and fellow progressives hailed Brown v. Board of Education as a conclusive turning point in the struggle for racial equality.
Apr 15, 2004 / Books & the Arts / David J. Garrow
What’s Good Enough? What’s Good Enough?
Advocates are demanding not just equal but decent schools for all children.
Apr 15, 2004 / Feature / Peter Schrag
Not Just a Test Not Just a Test
Why we must rethink the paradigm we use for judging human ability.
Apr 15, 2004 / Feature / Claude M. Steele
A Dream Deferred A Dream Deferred
After bloody battles for desegregation, blacks in Memphis are still behind.
Apr 15, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Michael Honey
The Heat of Summerton The Heat of Summerton
Racial tensions still simmer in the rural county where Brown was born.
Apr 15, 2004 / Feature / Alan Richard
The ‘Fifth Circuit Four’ The ‘Fifth Circuit Four’
How four federal judges brought the rule of reason to the South.
Apr 15, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Jack Bass
The Long Road to Equality The Long Road to Equality
The product of black legal skill and strategy, Brown has a black copyright.
Apr 15, 2004 / Feature / Robert L. Carter
It Could Have Gone the Other Way It Could Have Gone the Other Way
At the time, the Justices had doubts that Brown was rightly decided.
Apr 15, 2004 / Feature / Michael J. Klarman
Beyond Black, White and Brown Beyond Black, White and Brown
Click here to read Brown at 50 by Eric Foner and Randall Kennedy.
Apr 15, 2004 / Feature / Various Contributors
Brown at 50 Brown at 50
Prior to the landmark Supreme Court rulings in Brown v. Board of Education and Bolling v.
Apr 15, 2004 / Feature / Randall Kennedy and Eric Foner