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WRPR 119 Brown v. Board at 70: Unfulfilled Promises & Unfinished Activisms for Education Equity

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The Case of Brown v. Board of Education and the African American Civil  Rights Movement | by Peter Paccone | Medium

 

The landmark victory of Brown v. Board (1954) was popularly understood to symbolize the ability of all students, particularly Black students, to have access to high-quality schooling and shatter the grip of segregation in our schools and public institutions. Seventy years after Brown, public schools across the country are still deeply segregated and unequal. As R. L’Heureux Lewis-McCoy recently offered, “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 juncture—the promise of education as opportunity that has existed for more than 100 years is on the verge of being no more.”

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