As the nation celebrates the 65th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case, the case is often recalled as one that “forever changed the course of American history.” As my research ...

The lasting legacy of Brown v. Board and ongoing education challenges This week marks 70 years since the Supreme Court's landmark civil rights ruling of Brown v. Board of Education integrated public ...

“In these days, it is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he is denied the opportunity of an education. Such an opportunity... is a right which must be made ...

Explore the stories of individuals, events and circumstances of the historic legal battle. Explore the stories of individuals, events, and circumstances involved in this historic legal battle, ...

Sixty years after Brown v. Board of Education, the question of how far we’ve come in eliminating segregated education is not a simple one. Gwen Ifill leads a discussion with Cheryl Brown Henderson of ...

Saturday marks the 60th anniversary of “Brown v. Board of Education,” the landmark Supreme Court ruling that declared separate schools for black and white children were “inherently unequal.” The ...

The 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case desegregated America's public schools, but most minority students still attend schools where they are the majority. Gwen Ifill talks to four ...

With the words "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal," the Supreme Court reversed legalized segregation in the landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision. Explore this ...

The U.S. Supreme Court's historic Brown v. Board of Education ruling occurred on May 17, 1954! The Brown v. Board of Education court case is recognized as one of the most crucial cases in the fight ...

• Although African Americans first sued (unsuccessfully) to stop mandated racially segregated education in 1849, in the case Roberts v. City of Boston, the successful lawsuits known as Brown v. Board ...