Brown v. Board of Education

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Brown v. Board of Education Topeka 347 U.S. 483 (1954)
Supreme Court Record.
Argued December 9, 1952. Reargued December 8, 1953. Decided May 17, 1954.

The Topeka Capital-Journal Online

• Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
  Sections include: News ; Interactive Historic Schools Tour ; The Legacy of Brown vs. Board ; Faces of the Brown Decision ; Archives: Stories from 1951 to 1956.

Brown versus Board of Education
Sections include: Brown Summary ; Exhibit ; Tour ; Monroe School ; Research Sources ; Events ; For the Media.
- Brown Foundation for Education Equity, Excellence and Research

Brown vs. Board of Education: An Interactive Experience - (dead link)
A multimedia K12 resource

University of Michigan Library

• Brown v. Board of Education Online Archive
  "This archive contains documents and images which chronicle events surrounding this historically significant case up to the present. The archive is divided into four main areas of interest: Supreme Court cases; busing and school integration efforts in northern urban areas; school integration in the Ann Arbor Public School District; and recent resegregation trends in American schools."

History of Education Quarterly - (dead link)

• Teaching Brown
  Reflections on Pedagogical Challenges and Opportunities.
  "These first-person reflective essays were written from our perspectives as educators who find it immensely rewarding, yet incredibly challenging, to teach about the Brown v Board of Education decision."
  V. 44, Spring 2004.

NAACP

• Brown 50 Years and Beyond: Promise and Progress
  Sections include: Court Opinion ; NAACP Commission ; Timeline ; Commemorative Events ; Summit of the States ; Photo Gallery ; Brown Quiz.

NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund

• Brown v. Board of Education Matters to All Americans - (dead link)
  Sections include: Brown Chronology ; Other Brown Resources ; Press Center ; Events.

National Archives - Our Documents

• Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

National Archives - Digital Classroom

• Teaching With Documents: Documents Related to Brown v. Board of Education

National Education Association (NEA)

• 50th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education
• NEA Today - 50 Years of Progress--and Struggle
  May 2004 Cover Story

National Park Service

• Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site
  "The site consists of the Monroe Elementary School, one of the four segregated elementary schools for African American children in Topeka, and the adjacent grounds."

NPR [National Public Radio] - Looking Back - Brown v. Board of Education
"Fifty years ago this week, the Supreme Court heard final arguments in the landmark desegregation case of Brown v. Board of Education. The following May, the court ruled that separate schools for black and white children were unconstitutional. In a series of stories, NPR explores the high court's decision and its repercussions."

• The Supreme Court and 'Brown v. Board of Ed.'
  The Deliberations Behind the Landmark 1954 Ruling.
• Separate But Unequal (May 13, 2004)
  How a Student-Led Protest [Virginia] Helped Change the Nation
• Thurgood Marshall and 'Brown v. Board of Ed.' (December 8, 2003)
  Future Supreme Court Justice Led School Desegregation Fight

Separate Is Not Equal : Brown v. Board of Education
A Teacher's Resource Guide To Preparing Curriculum Materials
"This electronically-published version of A Teacherís Guide to Brown v. Board of Education is intended to make information available to grade school and college faculty in time to prepare course work for the coming spring, when national attention will focus on the fiftieth anniversary."
By Alonzo N. Smith, National Museum of American History and Adjunct Professor, Montgomery College.

Smithsonian - National Museum of American History

• Separate Is Now Equal - Brown v. Board of Education
  Sections include: History ; Reflections ; Exhibition ; Public Programs ; Resources.
  • Teacher's Guide

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U.S. Department of Education

• Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission

Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries - Online Exhibits

• Virginia Black History Archives (VBHA)
  "...is an attempt to help document the history of African Americans in the Richmond and central Virginia area."
  • Separate But Not Equal: Race, Education, and Prince Edward County, Virginia
    "This online exhibit explores the history of the Prince Edward County, Virginia school segregation issues of the 1950s and 1960s."

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