The Unfinished Agenda of Brown V. Board of Education
Introduction and commentary by Tavis Smiley

 
The Unfinished Agenda of Brown V. Board of Education
by
The Editors of Diverse:  Issues In Higher Education

with
James Anderson, Ph.D. and Dara N. Byrne, Ph.D

Foreword and commentary by
Tavis Smiley

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Published on May 17, 2004 in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision that declared separate school facilities inherently unequal, this collection of original essays and narratives reflects on how far we’ve come since 1954—and how far we still need to go.

John Wiley and Sons (April 2004) ISBN: 0-471-64926-0

Contributors
Derrick Bell, A.Wade Boykin, Kahlil G. Chism, William E. Cox, Mary Hatwood Futrell, Cheryl Brown Henderson, Evelyn Hu-DeHart, James M. Jones, Frank L. Matthews, Charles Ogletree, Gary Orfield, Marco Portales, Juan Williams, Richard L. Wright

Also includes:
"A Documentary History of Brown Using Primary Records" and 
"Multicultural Impact: An Asian American Perspective and a History of Latino Segregation Lawsuits"

Excerpt:

"I believe passionately that there exists now, as in the 1950s, a critical need to foster national dialogue about Brown and its unfinished agenda.  Some serious questions warrant discussion.  What is the historical importance of this decision as we look back at the turn of the twenty-first century?  Was the racial injustice that the opinion decried reduced as a result of the ruling?  Have any of the criticisms of the decision withstood the test of time, and most importantly, where do we go from here?"

"This volume is both the starting point for the fiftieth anniversary episode of that Brown conversation, and a primer for anyone who lacks the confidence and information to participate fully in this dialogue." 

-Tavis Smiley