Brown v. Board of Education:
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Updated Feb. 12, 2007.
Prepared by Cheryl Nyberg; updated in 2007 by Ernesto Longa. *
May 17, 2004 marked the 50th anniversary of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education.
The following websites offer some of the best collections of documents, images, chronologies, and other resources related to the case. A list of books in the Gallagher Law Library on the case appears at the end of the page.
- American Bar Association Commission on the 50th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education
- Contains an annotated bibliography and list of films and videos, a list of related websites, and resources for grade school and high school students.
- Brown Foundation for Educational Equity, Excellence and Research
- A “Kansas-based not-for-profit organization, established in 1988 as a living tribute to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision of 1954 in Brown v. the Board of Education. The Brown family and community leaders in Topeka, Kansas, established the Foundation to commemorate and document the activities and history makers involved in this historic court case.” Features an online exhibit, “In Pursuit of Freedom & Equality: Kansas and the African American Public School Experience, 1855-1955.” Includes an interactive map of Topeka and an orientation handbook with a discussion of court cases and biographies of the participants.
- Howard University School of Law, Brown@50: Fulfilling the Promise
- Includes a thorough annotated chronology, biographical sketches, an extensive list of related websites, and legal documents (before and after Brown as well as Brown v. Board cases).
- Landmark Cases of the Supreme Court, Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
- Presented by Street Law and the Supreme Court Historical Society. Offers materials for use in the classroom. Includes key excerpts from cases and issues for discussion.
- Library of Congress, American Memory, The Civil Rights Era: Desegregation
- An online exhibit with images of documents and photographs.
- NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., Brown Matters
- Offers a detailed chronology and several articles.
- National Education Association, Horizons of Opportunity: Celebrating 50 Years of Brown v. Board of Education, May 17, 1954-2004
- Discusses circumstances that led to the decision, the Supreme Court’s decision, what happened after the decision, continuing litigation, and resegregation. Includes a school integration timeline.
- National Park Service, Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site
- Part of the We Shall Overcome: Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement project. Features photographs and commentary on the need for change, the players, strategy, the cost, and “the prize.”
- National Public Radio, Looking Back: Brown v. Board of Education, School Desegregation Fight Ended with Landmark Legal Decision
- A series of reports covering life before desegregation, Thurgood Marshall’s role, the Supreme Court’s deliberations, the impact of the decision, and modern day segregation. With commentary, interviews with participants, photographs, and audio files.
- Seattle University Law Library, Brown v. Board of Education: A 50th Anniversary Exhibit
- Includes short essays, photos, and links to related sites. Arranged by decade.
- University of Michigan Library Digital Archive, Brown v. Board of Education
- An online exhibit containing "documents and images which chronicle events surrounding this historically significant case up to the present." Organized into areas of interest: the Supreme Court cases, busing and school integration issues, and resegregation. Includes an image gallery, bibliography, and transcripts of oral arguments.
- Yale University Law School, Brown v. Board of Education Website
- Companion to the book: What Brown v. Board of Education Should Have Said: The Nation's Top Legal Experts Rewrite America's Landmark Civil Rights Decision (2001). Includes a civil rights chronology, 1502-2000.
Books on Brown v. Board of Education in the Gallagher Law Library
All of the following books are found in the Classified Stacks.
All Deliberate Speed: Reflections on the First Half Century of Brown v. Board of Education (2004). KF4757.O35 2004
Brown at 50: The Unfinished Legacy: A Collection of Essays (2004). KF4155.B76 2004
Brown v. Board of Education: A Civil Rights Milestone and Its Troubled Legacy (2001). KF228.B76P38 2001
Brown v. Board of Education: Caste, Culture, and the Constitution (2003). KF4155.B758 2003
Brown v. Board of Education: Its Impact on Public Education, 1954-2004 (2005). KF4155.B77 2005
The Continuing Challenge: The Past and the Future of Brown v. Board of Education: A Symposium (1975). KF4155.A2C6
Dismantling Desegregation: The Quiet Reversal of Brown v. Board of Education (1996). LC212.62.O72 1996
From the Grassroots to the Supreme Court: Brown v. Board of Education and American Democracy (2004). KF4155.F76 2004
Essays on the American Constitution: A Commemorative Volume in Honor of Alpheus T. Mason (1964). KF4550.A2D53 1964
Landmark Briefs and Arguments of the Supreme Court of the United States. Constitutional Law (1975). KF101.9.L36 v. 49-49A
Quarrels That Have Shaped the Constitution (1987). KF8742.A5Q37 1987
Race, Law, and Culture: Reflections on Brown v. Board of Education (1997). KF4155.A2R33 1997
Race on Trial: Law and Justice in American History (2002). KF385.A4R33 2002
Science for Segregation: Race, Law, and the Case Against Brown v. Board of Education (2004). E185.61.J145 2005
Segregation and the Fourteenth Amendment in the States: A Survey of State Segregation Laws, 1865-1953: Prepared for United States Supreme Court in re, Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka (1975). KF4155.S43
Silent Covenants: Brown v. Board of Education and the Unfulfilled Hopes for Racial Reform, by Derrick A. Bell (2004). KF4155.B38 2004
Simple Justice: The History of Brown v. Board of Education and Black America's Struggle for Equality (1977). KF4155.K55 1977
Thurgood Marshall's Arguments Before the U.S. Supreme Court in Brown v. the Board of Education (1992). KF220.C55 v.20
A Time to Lose: Representing Kansas in Brown v. Board of Education (1995). KF4155.W545 1995
The Unfinished Agenda of Brown v. Board of Education (2004). KF4155.U54 2004
What Brown v. Board of Education Should Have Said The Nation's Top Legal Experts Rewrite America's Landmark Civil Rights Decision (2001). KF228.B76W48 2001
* Prepared with the assistance of Tammy Hinderman, Law Librarianship Intern, 2003-04, and suggestions from Katja Sipple, Communications Officer, University of Washington School of Law.