Event: Brown v. Board at 70: The Mixed Legacy of a Unanimous Decision

Seventy years ago, the Supreme Court issued its landmark decision Brown v. Board of Education. The decision was unanimous, and Brown still commands unanimous support in the American political spirit. However, different sides read Brown to say and mean different things. As Boston College’s R. Shep Melnick details in a forthcoming AEI report, the interpreted tensions are a feature—not a bug—of the ruling. These tensions have raised significant interpretative challenges, with massive and ongoing public policy implementations.

In this web event, AEI’s Ian Rowe, Dr. Melnick, and the Progressive Policy Institute’s Richard D. Kahlenberg will have a discussion, moderated by AEI’s Max Eden, on the legacy of Brown v. Board of Education, 70 years later.

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