![]() ![]() ![]() In a 1939 article, the White sociologist Howard W. It analyzes how the most “liberal” city in America interpreted Brown, failed to implement the historic legislation and went on to become the most segregated school system in the country today. This article discusses New York City’s school integration efforts in the years following the Brown decision. ![]() Yet, as the proverb says the writing was on the wall. To learn that New York has the most segregated schools in the nation (Kucsera & Orfield, 2014), 60 years after Brown shocked many: educators and non-educators alike. People often expect to hear issues of school segregation connected to places such as Alabama, Mississippi or other states in the South that are often considered more conservative while New York is viewed as a progressive state, more open and accepting of diversity. In effect, the focus on New York State helps illustrate the limited effects of Brown. The report focused on New York State, yet the conditions described are not uncommon throughout other areas of the United States. Two months from Brown’s May 2014 anniversary, a report published by The Civil Rights Project at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) highlighted how ineffective Brown has been at eliminating school segregation. While many took time to remember the momentous decision as a significant milestone in the United States Civil Rights Movement, others pondered upon how much progress has really been made since the Supreme Court acknowledged that segregation was inherently unequal. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas ruling. The year 2014 marked the 60 th anniversary of the 1954 Brown v. Graduate Center, The City University of New York ![]()
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