Reflections on Brown to Understand Milliken V. Bradley
Words: 2668 Pages: 9 4821Ever since 1954, the Supreme Court has been recognized as a champion of civil rights, marked in particular by Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, which overturned the segregationist decree of “separate but equal” of the 1896 decision Plessy v. Ferguson. But what many do not realize is that Brown was not the end of the road, but simply a milestone. Cases following Brown initially expanded its reach; Griffin v. County School Board (1964) stopped Virginia from providing private […]