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Direct linkGrady, Marilyn L.; LaCost, Barbara Y. – Journal of Women in Educational Leadership, 2004
This article describes three women who hold prominent places in the history of the United States. They are: (1) Linda Brown, the symbol of "bringing down segregation" in U.S. schools; (2) Rosa Parks, the mother of the Civil Rights Movement; and (3) Coretta Scott King, an accomplished musician and singer. These women hold their places in…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Females, United States History, Federal Legislation
Sheehan, James J.; Shiveley, James M. – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2004
Over the last 50 years, the United States Supreme Court has made several rulings that have had lasting effects on the American public educational system. But no ruling has been more influential than the "Brown v. Board of Education Topeka, Kansas," decision the Court handed down in 1954. 2004 marked the fiftieth anniversary of this…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational History, Public Education, Minority Groups
Alim, H. Samy – Educational Researcher, 2005
As scholars examine the successes and failures of more than 50 years of court-ordered desegregation since "Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas," and 25 years of language education of Black youth since "Martin Luther King Elementary School Children v. Ann Arbor School District Board," this article revisits the key…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, African American Children, Youth, Metalinguistics
Lightfoot, Jonathan D. – International Electronic Journal for Leadership in Learning, 2006
Modern educational reform owes much to the legal team and educational leaders who fought to make equal educational opportunity a reality for Black students in the United States of America. Their efforts helped to dismantle American apartheid; a.k.a. Jim Crow, a system of allocating human and civil rights according to assigned or assumed…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Public Education, Racial Segregation, African American Students
Black Teachers, Black Students, Black Communities, and Brown: Perspectives and Insights from Experts
Peer reviewedMilner, H. Richard; Howard, Tyrone C. – Journal of Negro Education, 2004
The impact of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas 1954 decision on the desegregation of public schools in the United States of America and the provisions of better learning opportunities for African American students are described. The study showed that the issues around African American teachers, post-desegregation, have to be studied…
Descriptors: African American Teachers, African American Students, African American Community, Desegregation Litigation
Engl, Margaret; Permuth, Steven B.; Wonder, Terri K. – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2004
In the fall of 1953, the Supreme Court of the United States received the case of "Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka" (347 U.S. 483, 1954) that raised essential questions, including whether separate but "equal" facilities in education can be provided for black students in the United States or whether the consideration of…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Equal Education, Courts, Court Litigation
Smith, Charles U. – Negro Educational Review, The, 2005
As Americans commemorate the 50th anniversary of the "Brown v the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas" U.S. Supreme Court public school desegregation decision on (the Brown decision), the author was tempted to refer to it as a "celebration of the Golden Anniversary of the legal end to racial segregation in the public schools of the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, African American Students, State Courts, Social Adjustment
Amos, Jason, Ed. – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2007
"Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress" is a biweekly newsletter that focuses on education news and events both in Washington, DC and around the country. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) "Chance Favors the Prepared Mind": Report Finds that Students in the Highest-Achieving States Score As Well…
Descriptors: High Schools, Dropouts, Reading Achievement, Foreign Countries
