Title: Brown v. Board of Education: The First Step in the Desegregation of America’s Schools - HISTORY
Headings: Brown v. Board of Education: The First Step in the Desegregation of America’s Schools
Brown v. Board of Education: The First Step in the Desegregation of America’s Schools
The Supreme Court ruling was initially met with inertia and, in many states, active resistance.
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Content: The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.” And in a dissenting opinion, Justice John Paul Stevens wrote that the ruling “rewrites the history of one of this court’s most important decisions.” Are Schools 'Separate But Equal’ in the 21st Century? School segregation remains in force all over America today, largely because many of the neighborhoods in which schools are still located are themselves segregated. Despite the passage of the Fair Housing Act in 1968 and later judicial decisions making racial discrimination illegal, exclusionary economic-zoning laws still bar low-income and working-class Americans from many neighborhoods, which in many cases reduces their access to higher quality schools. According to a 2014 report by Richard Rothstein of the Economic Policy Institute report, as of the 60th anniversary of the Brown v. Board verdict the typical Black student attended a school where only 29 percent of his or her fellow students were white, down from some 36 percent in 1980. FACT CHECK: We strive for accuracy and fairness. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! HISTORY reviews and updates its content regularly to ensure it is complete and accurate.