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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Jun. 27, 2007

Supreme Court Must Continue Legacy of 'Brown v. Board of Education' by Allowing Desegregation

Forum Column - By Theodore M. Shaw - The Supreme Court's upcoming decision on two school-integration cases will test the justices' loyalty to the principles of Brown v. Board of Education.

FORUM COLUMN

By Theodore M. Shaw

      When we commemorated the 53rd anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education in May, we celebrated the importance of the landmark Supreme Court case that broke the back of legalized segregation. But Brown's promise has been betrayed by racially separate and financially unequal public schools. The Supreme Court is poised to decide two cases that give the justices and the nation an oppo...

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