60th Anniversary of Brown vs. Board of Education

The Atlantic
How Brown v. Board of Education Changed—and Didn't Change—American Education
http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/04/two-milestones-in-education/361222/

May 17 is the 60th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education. In 1954 the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision striking down "separate but equal" segregation in public schools changed education forever.

Before Brown, only about one in 40 African-Americans earned a college degree. Now more than one in five hold one.”