ERIC Number: EJ885566
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006-Oct
Pages: 18
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The Meaning of "Brown"... for Now
Ladson-Billings, Gloria
Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, v105 n2 p298-315 Oct 2006
The last few years (2004-05) have been filled with commemoration, reflection, and scholarship around the landmark Supreme Court decision, "Brown v. Board of Education" (1954). It was right and proper to take a 50-year retrospective at one of the more significant court rulings of the 20th century. It was also important to look at the decision in relationship to the current conditions of U.S. public schools and to ask what meaning "Brown" has for contemporary schooling. In this chapter, the author uses the theoretical lens of Critical Race Theory (CRT) to interrogate the "Brown" decisions (both 1954 and 1955) to consider what they mean for education today. The author looks at three scenarios that respond to the question of whether or not "Brown" could be decided in the same manner today as it was decided in 1954. (Contains 3 notes.)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Racial Segregation, School Desegregation, United States History, Public Schools, Educational History, Social Theories, Racial Discrimination, Racial Factors, Social Attitudes, Whites, Civil Rights, Minority Groups, Social Justice, Access to Education, African Americans, Politics of Education, Political Attitudes, Equal Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Brown v Board of Education
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