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Yale University law Professor Justin Driver talked about the 1956 “Southern Manifesto,” a document written by congressional members opposed to the 1954 Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of…

Ms. Morrison talked about her book, Remember: The Journey to School Integration, published by Houghton Mifflin Company. In the book, which is intended primarily for young readers, the…

Jim Newton talked about his biography, Justice for All: Earl Warren and the Nation He Made, published by Riverhead. He recounted the life of Earl Warren, the chief justice of the United States from…

Jeffrey Rosen and Tomiko Brown-Nagin talked about the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education, in which the court unanimously ruled that separate public schools were not…

This 1956 film documents the response of St. Louis to the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision and the difficult process of integrating the city’s public schools. Charles…

The House debated, and later unanimously passed, a measure to mark the 60th anniversary of the “Little Rock Nine.” The bill expands the boundary of the Little Rock Central High School…

Justin Sochacki gave a tour of Monroe Elementary School, one of the four formerly segregated schools for African Americans in Topeka, Kansas, and talked about the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court…

Steve Perry, founder of Capital Preparatory Schools, talked about the disparities in the public school educational system. In his remarks he said the current state of education is driven by…

Panelists talked about progress after the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision, and the current state of school choice, educational opportunity, and integration. “Where Are We Mow?…

Community advocates recalled their childhood experiences leading up to and after the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision that struck down the doctrine of separate but equal established…

Educators and historians examined the impact of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision, which lead to the end of segregation in public schools.

Panelists talked about innovation in education to mark the 60th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case. The educators presented ideas on how innovation could help…

Education scholars talked about demographic changes in K-12 public schools since the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling. They spoke about how to improve the quality of…

Panelists talked about the effectiveness of the Brown v. Board of Education II ruling and its lasting effects. In the landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka case, the Supreme…

Rawn James profiles Charles Hamilton Houston, the first African American on the Harvard Law Review and dean of Howard University Law School and his student Thurgood Marshall, valedictorian of his class in…

Professor Charles Ogletree talked about his book, All Deliberate Speed: Reflections on the First Half-Century of Brown v. Board of Education, published by W.W. Norton. On May 17, 1954, the Supreme…

Attorney General Eric Holder spoke at an NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund luncheon commemorating the 60th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education. Following Attorney General Holder’s…

Sherrilyn Ifill talked by remote video from New York City about the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case’s 60th anniversary, the effects of school desegregation in the U.S., and the status of…

Telephone lines were open for viewer comments on the 60th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education on the question “School Segregation: Still an Issue?” Video clips were…

Nikole Hannah-Jones talked about her article in The Atlantic on schools in Tuscaloosa, Alabama ahead of the 60th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education. She…