On December 28, 2011, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eight Circuit affirmed key aspects of the lower court’s decision in Little Rock School District v. Lorene Joshua. This long-standing school desegregation case involves key educational equity issues, including: racial disparities in school discipline, student achievement, access to advanced placement and honors curriculum and inequities in school facilities within three Arkansas school districts, the Little Rock School District, the North Little Rock School District and the Pulaski County School District.

By TaRessa Stovall
Due to an innovative diversity effort that emphasizes where students come from rather than the color of their skin, most Berkeley, California, elementary schools are so well-integrated they may serve as a model for other schools around the nation.

By The Editors
When does a simple lunch become a civil rights milestone? On February 1, 1960, a group of African-American students made history when they sat at a “whites-only” lunch counter at a Woolworth’s Drugstore in Greensboro, N.C.

By The Editors
In ironic contrast to the election of our first black president of mixed heritage, a recent report suggests that U.S. schools are becoming more – not less – racially segregated.

By The Editors
In April 2008, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the Center for Children’s Advocacy and cooperating attorneys announced a settlement with the state of Connecticut in Sheff v. O’Neill, the long-fought case challenging racial segregation in Hartford public schools.

By The Editors
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) applauds the ruling of California’s 2nd District Court of Appeals  recognizing that the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) may continue efforts to integrate its schools pursuant to an existing court order.

The Story Behind the Photo In September of 1950, Gregory Hayes Swanson (center) registers for classes at the University of Virginia Law School.  Swanson was the first African American student to be admitted to the University of Virginia Law School in its 131-year history. Four years before the 1954 landmark Supreme Court decision Brown v. [...]