Race and Ethnicity

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

Brown v. Board of Education: The Climax of an Era Brown v. Board of Education: The Climax of an Era

The Supreme Court says separate but equal is inherently unequal.

Apr 14, 2004 / Various Contributors

Uncommon Ground Uncommon Ground

A friend who lives in Paris forwarded me an item from the Internet, concerning a singles ad that had allegedly appeared in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Mar 18, 2004 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

The Protocols of Mel Gibson The Protocols of Mel Gibson

My friends had one question for me after I saw Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ: Is it anti-Semitic?

Mar 11, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Katha Pollitt

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