Brown Quote by Bobby Scott

Brown v. Board of Education was arguably the most important decision of the Supreme Court in the 20th century.

— Letitia James

“Here is a foundation for understanding today what was clear to only a few fifty years earlier. Now we can see how the state-mandated…

— Derrick Bell

There was never a time you could get the majority of people in Alabama or Mississippi, or even southern Delaware, to vote to end…

— Bryan Stevenson

In the United States, the Supreme Court's decision of 1954, outlawing segregation in school systems, was greeted with mixed feelings of hope and skepticism…

— John Henrik Clarke

The Brown decision promised that every child, regardless of the color of his or her skin, would have unequivocal access to quality education and…

— Ed Markey

Our courts' decisions do not permeate the public consciousness - we have no equivalent of the Brown v Board of Education ruling which outlawed…

— Emily Thornberry

Many well-meaning intelligent people have argued since the May 17, 1954, decision of the United States Supreme Court outlawing segregation in the public schools…

— Benjamin E. Mays

“Justice John Marshall Harlan, who famously admonished his fellow jurists and the nation as a whole: “Our Constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor…

— Dan Rather

“Taft ended his opinion with an added clause, a statement so bold that it would rattle even his strongest supporters. The chief justice of…

— Adrienne Berard

Racial discrimination in public education is unconstitutional…All provisions of federal, state or local law requiring or permitting such discrimination must yield to this principle.

— Earl Warren

As the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court case has shown us, separate is not always equal.

— Corrine Brown

None of us were prepared to hear what Justice Scalia said, because in essence what he was saying is let's go back to pre-Board…

— Chris Hayes