Tag: Brown v. Board of Education

  • Nation & World

    Rescuing MLK and his Children’s Crusade

    A book by Radcliffe Dean Tomiko Brown-Nagin traces Martin Luther King’s desperation and the savvy legal tactics of Constance Baker Motley.

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    A 1963 photo of police leading a group of Black children to jail.
  • Nation & World

    Creating art from Radcliffe archives

    Artist Tomashi Jackson’s latest work, “Brown II,” on view at Radcliffe, is inspired by the work of Civil Rights pioneers Pauli Murray and Ruth Batson, who helped drive public school desegregation efforts

    5 minutes
    Tomashi Jackson.
  • Nation & World

    Recovering the truth of a ‘Lost Education’

    Was there an upside to segregation? At Harvard, Vanessa Siddle Walker, president-elect of the American Educational Research Association, said black educators secretly networked to instill high aspirations, and beat the system, before Brown v. Board of Education.

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  • Nation & World

    The Civil Rights lawyer who paved the path

    On the anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, the Gazette sat down with Tomiko Brown-Nagin, the faculty director of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice, to talk about Houston, architect of the legal campaign that led to the 1954 landmark Supreme Court ruling that ended legal segregation in public schools.

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    Tomiko Brown-Nagin.
  • Nation & World

    The ripples of Brown v. Board

    Panelists say Brown v. Board of Education is still a banner for racial equality, but its inspiration may not be matched by its actual legal impact.

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  • Nation & World

    Feeling the pinch

    Harvard Law School’s Noah Feldman’s gripping history of FDR’s most prominent — and turbulent — Supreme Court justices plays out in his book, “Scorpions: The Battles and Triumphs of FDR’s Great Supreme Court Justices.”

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  • Nation & World

    The golden ruling

    “In Brown’s Wake,” the new book by Harvard Law School Dean Martha Minow, tackles the legacy of the landmark Supreme Court ruling Brown v. Board of Education.

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  • Nation & World

    The invention of childhood innocence

    In a new book, Harvard professor Robin Bernstein says that the concept of childhood innocence only dates to the 19th century, and was only applied to whites.

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  • Nation & World

    Law Schoolís Mack named Fletcher Fellow

    Alphonse Fletcher Jr. í87, chairman and CEO of Fletcher Asset Management Inc., recently announced the selection of the 2007 class of Alphonse Fletcher Sr. Fellows, which includes Harvard Law School Professor Kenneth Mack. Created in 2004 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Courtís landmark decision, Brown v. Board of Education, the fellowship program…

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