Brown v. Board of Education decision 56 years old

Today marks the 56th anniversary of the United States Supreme Court ruling in the case of "Oliver Brown et al. v. Board of Education of Topeka et al." It is worth taking time to consider the progress that has been made and the challenges that remain in our public education system to ensure all students are treated equally and have every opportunity to benefit from a good education.

The so-called Brown decision marked the beginning of a new era of opportunity for African Americans. "Separate but equal" was no longer the law of the land in public education. Read more of this opinion piece in The Jackson Sun
online.