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Tag - Brown vs Board of Education

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Benjamin W. Arnett, Black Educator Hall of Fame

February 25, 2021
by Center for Black Educator Development CBED
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E’ry day this month, the Center for Black Educator Development, in partnership with Phillys7thWard.org, will highlight a Black Educator Hall of Famer. But, don’t forget, e’ry month is Black History...

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Dr. Inez Beverly Prosser, Black Educator Hall of Fame

February 20, 2021
by Center for Black Educator Development CBED
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E’ry day this month, the Center for Black Educator Development, in partnership with Phillys7thWard.org, will highlight a Black Educator Hall of Famer. But, don’t forget, e’ry month is Black History...

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Jo Ann Robinson, Black Educator Hall of Fame

February 5, 2021
by Center for Black Educator Development CBED
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E’ry day this month, the Center for Black Educator Development, in partnership with Phillys7thWard.org, will highlight a Black Educator Hall of Famer. But, don’t forget, e’ry month is Black History Month...

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The Response to Brown vs Board of Education Didn’t Provide The Equity We Needed. What Will The “Response” to COVID-19 Deliver?

May 18, 2020
by Ace Parsi
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Does Brown v. Board of Education represent a historical event or an ongoing national journey? As we mark the 66th anniversary of the monumental decision that ended legal segregation, the implications of that question...

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Brown v. Board, Segregation and Race in America’s Schools — the Debate That ‘Will Go On Forever

July 5, 2019
by The 74 Million
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Dr. Howard Fuller hails from Milwaukee, the most segregated major city in the country. He says it doesn’t bother him, though. The decorated 78-year-old activist and educator has spent a lifetime agitating for civil rights as...

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Black Folks, Stop Chasing White Integration. It’s Not the Surest Path to Black Student Achievement

May 17, 2019
by Sharif El-Mekki
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We, as a nation, are chasing the wrong things. From Boston to Birmingham, we have seen the ferocious and virulent reaction of white people to the thought of integration. From throwing bricks at school buses full of black kids...

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162 Years After Dred Scott, America’s Courts Still Believe Black Students Don’t Have Rights That White People Need to Respect

March 17, 2019
by Sharif El-Mekki
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Earlier this month marked 162 years since the racist U.S. Supreme Court, once again, loudly and proudly declared white supremacy as the law of the land in their ruling on the Dred Scott case, stating, Black people “had no...

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Don’t Know The History of Black Teachers in America? Nate Bowling, A History Teacher, Is Here To School You.

August 23, 2018
by Sharif El-Mekki
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When the U.S. Supreme Court issued its landmark Brown v. Board decision in 1954, there were 82,000 Black teachers. But in the following decade, the number of Black teachers in the United States dropped drastically. More...

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Keep Your Integration. We’d Rather Have Equity And Justice!

March 5, 2018
by Zachary Wright
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Recently, I read an article entitled When White Parents Won’t Integrate Public Schools by Mimi Kirk.  It is a thoughtful, honest, relevant piece praising the benefits of integrated schools, particularly for Black and Brown...

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And Still They Rise: Parent Power in Philadelphia

August 22, 2017
by Sharif El-Mekki
11 min read
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This is a guest post from Tre Johnson. It originally appeared on the 50CAN blog and was reproduced here with his permission. Tre is a part-time superhero focused on education, advocacy, and activism. He is a gifted...

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