'The anniversary of the Brown decision reminds us that Jim Crow remains frighteningly alive and present in our own time,' writes Peniel Joseph for CNNOpinion
Peniel Joseph is the Barbara Jordan Chair in Ethics and Political Values and the founding director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, where he is also a professor of history. He is the author of several books, most recently"Stokely: A Life." The views expressed here are his. View more opinion articles on CNN.
As we mark the 65th anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in Brown vs. Board of Education mandating integration of America's schools, racial segregation in public education in America is on the rise. As a recent report from UCLA's Civil Rights Project put it,"segregation has strong, negative relationships with the achievement, college success, long-term employment and income of students of color.
Peniel Joseph Brown signaled both the coming end of Jim Crow racial segregation in the Deep South and across the nation, as well as the beginning of the civil rights movement's heroic period. Since then, public schools have became one of the principal battlegrounds for racial justice, economic opportunity, and black citizenship in America. The ongoing resegregation of these schools attests to the long journey before us to fulfill the freedom dreams Brown unleashed three generations ago.
Town split over school integration order 01:34Too often, the history of America's modern civil rights movement is told like a national bedtime story in our popular culture. We soothe ourselves about the catastrophic climate of contemporary race relations with a historical narrative of racial progress won through the redemptive sacrifice of civil rights activists.
Trump nominee dodges question on segregation 02:22Black students fortunate enough to attend racially integrated schools enjoy, as demonstrated in the recent book"Children of the Dream: Why School Integration Works," profoundly better educational and health outcomes than those left behind. These students attended and finished college and found entrée into more selective universities at higher rates than their counterparts.
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