Oliver Brown, an African American welder and assistant pastor, brings a case against the Topeka Board of Education for not allowing his 9-year-old daughter, Linda Brown, to attend Sumner Elementary ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1892, a mixed-race shoemaker from New Orleans named Homer Plessy was arrested for riding in a "Whites-only" railcar. Four years ...

As the Supreme Court heard arguments in a racially charged Louisiana voting rights case last month, down on its ground floor a special exhibit was running a continual loop of commentary from Chief ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — The chains were invisible, but they effectively disenfranchised the descendants of enslaved African Americans or Negros — in the best of times — as they were called during ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Tickets went on sale Tuesday for a special event commemorating the 72nd anniversary of the Brown vs Board of Education decision coming up this May. Glenda Washington and Dr.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Brown v. Board Anniversary Coalition and the Brown Foundation are co‑sponsoring a commemoration of the 72nd anniversary of the ...

Online exhibit examining the equal rights movements inspired by the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision as well as the continuing struggles to bring equal opportunities to all Americans.

The first council was established in Indianola, Mississippi, following the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision. These groups used economic and social pressure to intimidate supporters ...

Jeffery Benson, Sacramento State’s Class of 2025’s President Medal’s recipient during the College of Education’s Spring Commencement on May 17, 2025. Benson’s relatives were among the 13 plaintiffs of ...

Amna Nawaz: On this Martin Luther King day, we turn for some wisdom to Minnijean Brown-Trickey, one of the original members of the Little Rock Nine, the teenagers who integrated Central High School ...