A daughter of the lead plaintiff in the landmark ruling recalls the day of the announcement and offers thoughts on its meaning today. (EV)

As a senior in a segregated Virginia high school, John Stokes helped organize a student strike for better classroom conditions. The retired school principal describes how the events in Prince Edward County in 1951 went on to become part of the Brown v. Board case. (EV)

Marshall's biographer describes how the great lawyer achieved victory and explains why today new enemies of integration are unraveling the gains of the recent past. (EV)

In the waning months of World War II, Latino families in Orange County, California, protested efforts by local authorities to place their children in segregated schools. Their victory presaged the Supreme Court showdown in the next decade. (EV)

Asserts that poor minority children today are too often relegated to ill-funded school systems that make a mockery of desegregation. With the recent Supreme Court decision upholding affirmative action, calls for colleges to renew their efforts to improve high school students' preparation for college. (EV)

A review of 25 years of the Brown decision, the transition from a melting-pot myth to a pluralistic society, and the impact of these on future educational directions are discussed. It is suggested that schools must revive some of the virtues of the melting pot. (Author/MLW)