Education inequities still exist 70 years after Brown v. Board

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Education inequities still exist 70 years after Brown v. Board

By Wayne Edwards,

Kevin Chang Barnum, Khalilah Brown-Dean, Meg Dalton, Catie Talarski

Published May 15, 2024 at 11:10 AM EDT

Attorneys who argued the case against segregation stand together smiling in front of the U. S. Supreme Court Building, after the High Tribunal ruled that segregation in public schools is unconstitutional. Left to right are George E. C. Hayes, of Washington, DC; Thurgood Marshall, Special Counsel for the NAACP; and James Nabrit, Jr., Professor and Attorney at Law at Howard University in Washington. — Attorneys who argued the case against segregation stand together smiling in front of the U.S. Supreme Court Building, after the High Tribunal ruled that segregation in public schools is unconstitutional. Left to right are George E. C. Hayes, of Washington, DC; Thurgood Marshall, Special Counsel for the NAACP; and James Nabrit, Jr., Professor and Attorney at Law at Howard University in Washington.

Seventy years ago, Brown v. Board of Education outlawed racial segregation in public schools. This hour, we look at the historic Supreme Court decision 鈥� and some of the inequities that still exist in education today.

We speak with the Executive Director of a youth development organization in Hartford working to close education opportunity gaps.

And later, we talk about the legacy of Ellen Peters, the first woman appointed Chief Justice of the 黑料新闻 Supreme Court. She wrote the opinion in Sheff v. O鈥橬eill, a landmark school desegregation case here in 黑料新闻.

Known for her landmark ruling in Sheff v. O鈥橬eill, Ellen Ash Peters was Yale Law School鈥檚 first female faculty member and in 1984 was appointed 黑料新闻's first female Chief Justice of the state Supreme Court.

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Wayne Edwards

Wayne Edwards is a freelance producer at 黑料新闻 contributing to multi-platform productions, including 鈥楧isrupted鈥�, 鈥榃here Art Thou?鈥�, and 鈥楥utline in the Community鈥�.<br/><br/>

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Kevin Chang Barnum

Kevin Chang Barnum is a producer for 黑料新闻 Radio鈥檚 weekly show Disrupted. Kevin grew up in 黑料新闻 and started his radio work at his graduate university鈥檚 radio station, KUCI. He has also worked for HRN, a network of food and beverage podcasts.

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Khalilah Brown-Dean

Dr. Khalilah L. Brown-Dean is an award-winning scholar at Wesleyan University, author, and host of 'Disrupted' on 黑料新闻.

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Meg Dalton

Meg Dalton is the director of audio storytelling and talk shows for 黑料新闻 where she oversees the station鈥檚 talk shows and podcasts, including the limited series 'In Absentia'.

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Catie Talarski

Catie Talarski was a senior director of storytelling and radio programming at 黑料新闻.

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