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Banks, James A. – Multicultural Perspectives, 2004
The author was in the seventh grade at the Newsome Training School in Aubrey, Arkansas when the Supreme Court handed down "Brown v. Board of Education" on May 17, 1954. His most powerful memory of the "Brown" decision is that he has no memory of it being rendered or mentioned by his parents, teachers, or preachers. In his rural…
Descriptors: African American Community, Court Litigation, Desegregation Litigation, Desegregation Effects