Author and education expert Vanessa Siddle Walker discusses the historical significance of desegregation, specifically looking at the way, prior to the "Brown vs. The Board of Education" ruling, that black educators worked to create an aspirational environment for their students and toiled behind the scenes to gain them access and…

This research sought to extend the historical record of advocacy for Black education by exploring the role of Black educators in the decades before the "Brown v. Board of Education" decision. It addressed (a) the ways the educators were involved in advocating for Black schools and (b) the relationship of the activities to the more…

In this essay, Vanessa Siddle Walker invokes the voices of black educators who challenged the diluted and failed vision for an integrated South after the 1954 "Brown v. Board of Education" decision mandating school desegregation. Through collaboration and activism, these educators fought against the second-class integration implemented…