Resistance to Brown school desegregation decision ‘purged’ Black male educators: Experts
Geo Piatt/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The U.S. Supreme Court's celebrated ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, ending racial segregation in America's public schools, turns 70 this week, and the anniversary is being marked as a major advance for civil rights.But less well-known is that the landmark case had a crippling impact on Black male teachers.A direct response to the decision ripped them from the profession, especially the Black men who were educators in the pre-Brown era, according to education […]
