It's one of the most painful periods of America's history. It was just over 70 years ago, on May 17th, 1954, The U.S. Supreme Court delivered a unanimous ruling that would change our educational ...

Opponents of desegregation used legal maneuvers, school closures, intimidation, and violence to maintain racially segregated schools. The "Southern Manifesto," signed by many Southern members of ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — The chains were invisible, but they effectively disenfranchised the descendants of enslaved African Americans or Negros — in the best of times — as they were called during ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The collective memory of school desegregation is of anger and division, like in this photo of 15-year-old Elizabeth Eckford ...

The first council was established in Indianola, Mississippi, following the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision. These groups used economic and social pressure to intimidate supporters ...