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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 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 […]

Brown at 60: Attorney General Eric Holder’s Speech celebrating Brown

Attorney General Eric Holder’s Speech Celebrating Brown Thank you, President [Sherrilyn] Ifill, for those kind words – and thank you all for such a warm welcome.  It’s a pleasure to be here today.  And it’s a privilege to join dedicated public servants like Governor [Deval] Patrick and Governor [Doug] Wilder – along with trailblazers like […]

Brown at 60: An Exclusive Essay from Pulitzer Prize-winning Author Gilbert King

As our nation celebrates the 60th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954, it’s important to remember that this landmark case had been years in the making by the time the Supreme Court handed down its ruling.  The case that would become Briggs v. Elliott (the first of five segregation cases eventually combined into Brown) actually began in 1947 […]

Brooklyn Block Co-Named Jacqueline Berrien Way In Honor of Former LDF Associate Director-Counsel

Today, a section of Decatur Street between Lewis and Stuyvesant Avenues in Brooklyn, New York, was co-named Jacqueline Berrien Way in honor of former NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) Associate Director-Counsel Jacqueline A. Berrien, an extraordinary and highly accomplished civil rights lawyer, who died in 2015. Ms. Berrien served as associate director-counsel […]

Bronx DA No Longer Prosecuting Some Stop-And-Frisk Cases

The Bronx district attorney’s office is no longer prosecuting people stopped and arrested for trespassing unless the arresting officer ensures the arrest is warranted. The DA’s bureau chief for Arraignments, Jeannette Rucker, sent a letter to the NYPD saying arresting officers will now have to submit to an interview, as first reported by The New York Times. […]