Nettie Hunt and her daughter Nickie sit on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court. Nettie explains to her daughter the meaning of the high court’s ruling in the Brown vs. Board of Education case that segregation in public schools is unconstitutional. | Source: Bettmann / Getty
“Armed with the knowledge of our past, we can with confidence charter a course for our future.” – Malcolm X
On Friday, the White House announced that it would support a range of fiscal and other reforms in education, noting that the hope of Brown v.