Legacy of Jim Crow still affects funding for public schools
- Written by Derek W. Black, Professor of Law, University of South Carolina
School funding inequities persist along racial and economic lines. David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty ImagesNearly 70 years ago – in its 1954 Brown v. Board decision – the Supreme Court framed racial segregation as the cause of educational inequality. It did not, however, challenge the lengths to which states went to ensure the...
