Brown v. Board of Education

Antonio Griffin, the music teacher at Commons Lane Elementary, leads his classroom in playing the djembe to Macklemore’s “Can’t Hold Us” on Friday, March 24, 2023, at the school in Florissant.

Education

Report: Missouri lost thousands of Black teachers after integration, and the issue persists

Andrea Y. Henderson

A new report from St. Louis University researchers found that many Black teachers in Missouri faced employment termination or other forms of classroom displacement as a result of integration between 1954 and 1970.

"Lines in the Dust" is playing at The Black Rep from January 11 - 29 . Its themes revolve around inequity in education.

Arts

Is lying, cheating & stealing ‘the right choice?’ Black Rep’s ‘Lines in the Dust’ challenges beliefs

Kelly Moffitt

On Jan. 14, 1963, Alabama Gov. George Wallace made one of the most indelible speeches in the fight against racial equality ever to be made in the United…

the East St. Louis School district has notified 237 teachers that they might lose their jobs next year. (Flickr/Cast a Line)

Education

Educators Address Racial Inequality

Sixty years ago, Brown v. Board of Education outlawed segregated schools. Now, race and another Brown family are in the news: 18-year-old Michael Brown…

Sherrilyn Ifill participates in the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington in 2013.

Government, Politics & Issues

Civil Rights Advocate Says It’s Time For A New Brown Strategy

Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, had planned to discuss the 60th anniversary of the Brown…