The Implementation of Brown in Achieving Unitary Status

Commemorating and reflecting on the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education, this article reexamines their impact on school desegregation efforts. Specifically, this article traces the history of the Supreme Court’s rulings in cases focused on outlining and cl...

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Published in:Education and urban society 2004-05, Vol.36 (3), p.342-354
Main Authors: Hunter, Richard C., Donahoo, Saran
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Access to education
African American Students
Compliance (Legal)
Court Litigation
Curriculum
Desegregation
Desegregation Litigation
Education
Education policy
Educational Inequality
Educational Opportunities
Equity
History of education
Judicial Decisions
Law
Legal Cases
Racial Segregation
School Desegregation
School Districts
Social Integration
Sociology of education
Supreme Court
U.S.A
United States
United States History
United States Supreme Court
Urban studies
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Summary:Commemorating and reflecting on the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education, this article reexamines their impact on school desegregation efforts. Specifically, this article traces the history of the Supreme Court’s rulings in cases focused on outlining and clarifying the proper implementation of the Brown decisions. The cases discussed in this text, which came before the Court between 1958 and 1995, questioned the legality and validity of using busing, school assignments, district restructuring, and other methods to remedy the lingering presence of segregation in public school districts. This article contends that one the main reasons Brown failed to initiate effective remedies and end segregated schooling in the United States is because the Supreme Court simply lost interest in supporting, reviewing, and achieving school desegregation.
ISSN:0013-1245
1552-3535
DOI:10.1177/0013124504264177