This is a bit ironic because to understand the impact of Brown, it is crucial to understand Milliken and, indeed, the latter decision has in many ways had a more lasting impact on education than Brown.īrown sought to tie the fates of white and black students together by declaring that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal," but the promise of Brown has never fully been realized. This year also marks the 40th anniversary of another desegregation decision, Milliken v. Board of Education, a case which is known around the world, even if it remains somewhat poorly understood. Today marks the 60th anniversary of Brown v.
“If we think we have to test Brown’s importance by whether it desegregated the schools permanently, the answer would be no.This article originally appeared in the Huffington Post. Most black kids and brown kids go to schools where most of the kids are black and brown,” Berry says. We call it ‘racially isolated’ that’s a euphemism. “ Brown was important not because it desegregated schools, because the schools today are segregated. As the integration pioneer James Meredith, who broke the racial barrier at the University of Mississippi, put it to TIME this week, the decision “did not deliver what it promised.” It’s true that the court’s decision that the ruling should be implemented “with all deliberate speed” did not in fact translate to quick or painless desegregation in schools or elsewhere in fact, in more recent years, much of the progress that was made in American schools in the wake of Brown was erased. If you don't get the confirmation within 10 minutes, please check your spam folder.īut, as the world remembers Linda Brown’s legacy, Berry points out that the “not so fast” narrative that surrounds the case is only part of the story.
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