History
"Southern
Childhoods." Five members of the U-M community
recall the impact of the 1954 Brown case, in a fascinating article
from Michigan Today. Read
the article from Michigan Today...
Watch
the video Michigan in 1954 from U-M’s Dialogues
on Diversity program.
View
the Quicktime movie (11.2 MB)>>
Brown v. Board of Education should
be examined in context for the fullest understanding of
the decision and its implications. This section includes
links to the full text of legal documents filed in the Brown decision.
Please also visit the Digital Media Archive from the University Library. The Archive will include historical photos from the Library of Congress, as well as special local materials on school desegregation efforts in the Ann Arbor area.
Supreme Court documents from the National Center for Public Policy Research.
Supreme court documents from findlaw.com also includes footnotes and links to related court cases.
Landmark Cases — Brown
has resources and class activities, and the court documents in pdf format for easy printing. The site also has links to other cases of interest, including Plessy v. Ferguson.
