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Building a campus that includes everyone

I won’t be in class on Wednesday. Instead, I will be in Washington, D.C. at the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the historic arguments in Fisher v. University of Texas. This case will decide whether UT will be able to continue on the path to becoming a place where students of all races and backgrounds […]

Buck v. Davis

At Duane Buck’s 1997 capital sentencing hearing in Harris County (Houston), Texas, Mr. Buck’s own appointed trial attorneys presented testimony from a psychologist that Mr. Buck was likely to commit criminal acts of violence in the future because he is black. The trial prosecutor exploited trial counsel’s error and relied on this expert testimony to […]

Bryan Independent School District – Police in Schools Complaint

Civil rights advocates have long worked to limit harmful school discipline practices that exclude children from quality educational environments.  Suspensions, expulsions and disciplinary assignments to alternative schools have devastating consequences on students, reducing their chances of graduating and making it more likely that they will become involved in juvenile or criminal courts.  Now another trend […]

Brown v. Board of Education Reading List

Landmark: Brown v. Board of Education Brown v. Board   Reading list Explore the Case On May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education that declared the “separate but equal” doctrine unconstitutional, and struck down segregation in our nation’s public schools, making possible advances in desegregating […]

Brown v. Board of Education | The Case that Changed America

Brown v. Board of Education The Case that Transformed America On May 17, 1954, a decision in the Brown v. Board of Education case declared the “separate but equal” doctrine unconstitutional. The landmark Brown v. Board decision gave LDF its most celebrated victory in a long, storied history of fighting for civil rights and marked […]

Brown v. Board of Education

What Was Brown v. Board of Education? May 17, 1954, marks a defining moment in the history of the United States. On that day, the Supreme Court declared the doctrine of  “separate but equal” unconstitutional and handed LDF the most celebrated victory in its storied history. Although the Supreme Court’s decision in Brown was ultimately […]

Brown v. Board 66th Anniversary

Brown v. Board 65th Anniversary

Join us for the 65th Anniversary of Brown v. Board.  

Brown at 70: A Year Of Celebrating the Case that Transformed America

Brown v. Board at 70 A Year of Celebrating the Case that Transformed America In honor of the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education on May 17 2024, LDF is hosting a series of events to reflect on the legacy of Brown and the future of education equity. Celebrating Brown‘s Legacy and Envisioning Our Future 2024 […]

Brown at 60: Excerpt from “Devil in the Grove”

Exclusive Excerpt from Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America, by Gilbert King, winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction. Gilbert King’s Devil in the Grove is a richly detailed chronicle of racial injustice in the Florida town of Groveland in 1949, involving four black men falsely accused […]