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In 1954's Brown v Board decision, the Supreme Court ruled that separate was inherently unequal. However, the Brown II decision a year later said that fixing our separate education system should happen with "all deliberate speed." The deliberate speed in most places was glacial, leading many local communities to file law suits demanding action. These local desegregation cases happened across the country following similar patterns, but varying due to local contexts. We are going to dive into several of these local stories in the coming months, and we are starting today with Denver, CO.
In 1973, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the plaintiffs in Keyes v. Denver Public Schools, requiring Denver to desegregate its schools. This led to 21 years of court ordered desegregation, including through the use of busing. A local educational advocacy organization, Park Hill Neighbors for Equity in Education, recently hosted an event to commemorate the anniversary and reflect on the promises made at the time of the case, and the ways we have failed to live up to them.
Over the next three episodes, we will be bringing you audio from that event. Our hope is that by understanding local stories, we can see national themes emerge that may help chart a path forward.
If you have a local story of desegregation to share, let us know! Record a voice memo and email it to podcast@integratedschools.org, or visit Speakpipe.com/integratedschools.
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The Integrated Schools Podcast was created by Courtney Mykytyn and Andrew Lefkowits.
This episode was produced by Andrew Lefkowits and Val Brown. It was edited, and mixed by Andrew Lefkowits.
Music by Kevin Casey.
Between We and They: A School Integration Story (Part 2)
Between We and They: A School Integration Story (Part 1)
Not In My Suburbs: Milliken v. Bradley @ 45 (BONUS)
Busing: The Terms of the Debate (BONUS)
ICYMI: Seeing White (BONUS)
ICYMI: The Miseducation Podcast (BONUS)
Ep 23 - Grappling with Brown v. Board (BvB@65)
Ep 22 - I Hope They Hear It In Our Voices (BvB@65)
Ep 21 - Beyond Black and White with David Hinojosa (BvB@65)
Ep20 - Amanda Lewis on Desegregation Without Integration (BvB@65)
Ep 19 - Segrenomics, Black Teachers, and Noliwe Rooks (BvB@65)
Ep 18 - Rucker Johnson and the Grandchildren of Desegregation (BvB@65)
Ep 17 - Public Schools, Private Money
Ep 16 - Too Bad, Just Fine, and Whiteness Centered
Ep 15 - Gifted, Talented and Segregated
Ep 14 - Kirkland on Integration
Ep 13 - Hopes and Hazards of Dual Language
Ep 12 - Whiteness vs Rightness: A Conversation on Colonizing
Ep 11 - White Women and the Politics of White Supremacy
Ep 10 - Why My Choice Matters: Taking Back the Playground
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