Brown V Board Of Education

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Demonstrators picket in front of a school board office protesting segregation
May 17, 2024
After 70 years, enough time has passed to learn the unwhitewashed history of the Supreme Court's landmark desegregation case.
President Joe Biden speaks at the National Museum of African American History and Culture
May 17, 2024
Recognizing the 70th anniversary of the groundbreaking education ruling, President Biden noted the fight for racial progress has slowed.
May 17, 2024
We have made tremendous strides over the past 70 years. But our nation finds itself at another crossroads.
May 14, 2024
This week, President Biden is celebrating the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education at the White House.
Supreme Court thegrio.com
May 17, 2021
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund is investing in young civil rights lawyers through its Marshall-Motley Scholars Program.
Wendy Vitter thegrio.com
April 12, 2018
During a confirmation hearing on Wednesday, Louisiana lawyer Wendy Vitter refused to state whether or not she believes that the…
Linda Brown thegrio.com
March 27, 2018
Today's top stories include Linda Brown of  the historic Brown v Board of Education Supreme Court case has passed away,…
Linda Brown thegrio.com
March 26, 2018
Linda Brown, who as a Kansas girl was at the center of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck…
UGA thegrio.com
February 7, 2018
In 1961, the University of Georgia (UGA) became the first college in the deep South to integrate. In January of…
May 17, 2014
(AP) - Obama met Friday in the White House East Room with families of the plaintiffs, lead attorneys Jack Greenberg…
May 15, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — Segregation is making a comeback in U.S. schools. Progress toward integrated classrooms has largely been rolled back…
April 21, 2014
OPINION - Not much has changed since Brown, and in many ways it’s almost as if it never happened. The…
January 15, 2014
OPINION - Ever since the Supreme Court decided Brown v. Board of Education in 1954, Little Rock, Arkansas has been…
July 23, 2013
OPINION - As the first African American president, Obama was able to speak to the experiences of black Americans in…
June 28, 2012
SLIDESHOW - Throughout history the Supreme Court has played a crucial role in shaping the ideological identity of America.
January 24, 2012
VIDEO - Thurgood Marshall was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, and its first African-American justice...
September 19, 2011
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - More than a half-century after federal troops escorted nine black students into an all-white school,…
May 17, 2010
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Parkinson had the signing ceremony on the 56th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education…
May 17, 2010
OPINION - The decades since Brown have given rise to a toxic mix of increased racial isolation in schools that…
February 2, 2010
From The LA Times: Of the big events of the early civil rights movement, the sit-ins have always been the…