The Promise: Brown v. Board of Education, The Civil Rights Movement, and Our Schools

This special expanded issue of Rethinking Schools magazine (Volume 18, No. 3 – Spring 2004) celebrates the courage and dedication of those who risked their lives to end the scourge of segregation and examines where we still need to go to eliminate racial inequities in our schools and our society. Activists and scholars provide unique perspectives on the Brown decision. Classroom teachers offer teaching ideas, readings, and lessons on segregation and desegregation and the Civil Rights Movement.