Brown v. Board of Education: The Unfinished Agenda
March 29 2004 Conference
50 years ago, Brown v. Board of Education held out hope that by desegregating public schools all
children, Black or White, would benefit from a unified system of quality primary and secondary
education. For Long Island public schools in racially separate and unequal neighborhoods, this
legacy can be challenging to uphold.
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education and
begin to address public school inequities on Long Island, ERASE Racism
and 15 Long Island universities and colleges collaborated to develop
a series of conferences, films series, presentations and discussions.
The events kicked off on Monday, March 29, 2004, when 600 Long Islanders
participated in a conference to discuss and develop new tools to address
segregation and inequities in Long Island's public schools.
ERASE Racism coordinated the March 29th Conference with:
- Adelphi University
- Briarcliffe College
- Dowling College
- Farmingdale State University of New York
- Hofstra University
- Long Island Community Foundation
- Long Island University
- Molloy College
- Nassau Community College
- New York Institute of Technology
- The State University of New York at Old Westbury
- St John's University
- St Joseph's College
- Stony Brook University
- Suffolk Community College
- Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
Brown v. Board of Education : The Unfinished Agenda was made
possible by generous contributions from:
- ERASE Racism
- Lilo and Gerard Leeds Fund
- Krasnoff Family Fund
- Washington Mutual
- JP Morgan Chase
- Newsday
- Citibank
- L'Abbate, Balkan, Colavita & Contini, L.L.P.
- Hofstra University
- Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
- Adelphi University
- St Joseph's College
- Briarcliffe College
- Long Island University
- St John's University
- Stony Brook University
- Dowling College
- Molloy College
Facts...
Did you know?
(1) Racially integrated schools provide significant benefits to students and
communities
(2) Racially isolated schools have harmful educational implication
for students, and
(3) Race-conscious policies are necessary to maintain
racial integration in schools.” Amicus Br. of 553 Social Scientists as Amici
Curiae in
Support of Respondents, Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle
School District No.1, U.S. Nos. 05-908 & 05-915 (2006).