Today's Date: March 29, 2024
YMCA of the USA Partners With Old Spice To Increase High School Graduation Among Boys And Young Men Of Color Through Mentorship   •   Parkland Corporation Announces the Results of the 2024 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders   •   Re:wild and Colossal Biosciences team up to leverage revolutionary technology to save critically endangered species on the brink   •   Amerex Group Unveils Red Carter Swimwear's Revitalized Collection   •   Visit Visalia Recognizes Autism Awareness Month in April   •   Fosun Management on 2023 Annual Results: Focusing on Core Industries with Established Advantages   •   Empire State Realty Trust Receives WELL Health-Safety Leadership Award; Becomes Among the First Commercial Office and Multifamil   •   Chosgo K23: One of the Best Bluetooth Hearing Aids for Seniors   •   Anaergia Announces Delay in the Filing of Its Audited Financial Statements and Related Disclosures   •   Anaergia Announces Escrow Closing of Second Tranche of the Strategic Investment   •   Coachella Concerned That People Have Sex, Says AHF   •   Make-A-Wish and celebrity wish granters announce goal to recruit 1 million people to become "WishMakers"   •   VIRGIN HOTELS CHAMPIONS INCLUSIVE TRAVEL FOR NEURODIVERSE TRAVELERS   •   Suffolk Kicks off 2024 “Build With Us @ Suffolk” Program in Boston for Trade Partners, Opening Doors for Minority-,   •   Carnegie Learning Named 2024 SIIA CODiE Award Finalist for Best Educational Game and Best AI Implementation in Ed Tech   •   National University Receives 2024 Military Friendly® Gold Designation   •   Sypher Secures Strategic Partnership with FAIA to Fuel Growth   •   Jamieson Wellness Publishes Inaugural Sustainability Impact Report   •   Equalpride Partners with TransLash Media for Trans Day of Visibility, Amplifying Voices of Black Trans Femmes in the Arts   •   Midea Group releases its first-ever ESG brand story with an unexpected VIP visit highlighting its commitment to sustainability.
Bookmark and Share

Brown V Board Of Ed Anniversary Marked By Increasing Resegregation Of American Schools



Yesterday marked the 56th anniversary of Brown v Board of Education, the landmark decision that mandated desegregation of American schools. It began an era of commitment to diversity and the implementation of various mechanisms from busing to magnet schools to increase integration amongst students. Studies find that desegregation puts students of color in schools with better opportunities and higher achieving peer groups.

 

There has been a steady unraveling of almost 25 years worth of increased integration according to a 2004 study by NAACP and a more recent study by Gary Orfield, currently co-director of the Civil Rights Project at UCLA. Virtually all school districts analyzed are showing lower levels of inter-racial exposure since 1986, suggesting a trend towards resegregation, and in some districts, these declines are sharp. In 1990, following several decades of efforts to desegregate, over 40 percent of black students in the South attended majority-white schools. Now less than 30 percent of students do.

Since 1986, in almost every district examined, black and Latino students have become more racially segregated from whites in their schools and charter schools are vastly more segregated than public schools.

States are beginning to end their integration policies. In North Carolina, for example, the state is attempting to implement a rule that will resegregate schools by enforcing a neighborhood schools policy only and ending busing. The NAACP State conference is leading a coalition effort to fight back against the policy.
“We have made progress but there is much more work to be done,” said NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous, “we are not only witnessing a move to resegreate our schools but efforts to remove civil rights from our history. Arizona just passed a law banning any teaching of ethnic studies in its schools and Texas is attempting to change their history textbooks to reduce the study of the civil rights movement, soften the portrayal of Jim Crow and slavery and celebrate the confederacy. These are attempts to roll the clock back on progress. Our nation benefits from the diversity and equal opportunity that comes from access to a quality education. All American students vitally need accurate and inclusive history to fully understand our democracy, be informed voters and compete in an increasingly global marketplace” Jealous said.

Jealous will join former US Secretary of Education Rod Paige to travel to Texas this week to testify against the proposed textbook changes there.

###

 

NAACP, 1156 15th st. NW, Washington, DC 20005 United States

 



Back to top
| Back to home page
Video

White House Live Stream
LIVE VIDEO EVERY SATURDAY
alsharpton Rev. Al Sharpton
9 to 11 am EST
jjackson Rev. Jesse Jackson
10 to noon CST


Video

LIVE BROADCASTS
Sounds Make the News ®
WAOK-Urban
Atlanta - WAOK-Urban
KPFA-Progressive
Berkley / San Francisco - KPFA-Progressive
WVON-Urban
Chicago - WVON-Urban
KJLH - Urban
Los Angeles - KJLH - Urban
WKDM-Mandarin Chinese
New York - WKDM-Mandarin Chinese
WADO-Spanish
New York - WADO-Spanish
WBAI - Progressive
New York - WBAI - Progressive
WOL-Urban
Washington - WOL-Urban

Listen to United Natiosns News