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ADL Curriculum Connections: A Time for Sight: The Debate Over Color Blindness and Race Consciousness in School Integration Policy
In light of the June 2007 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down two voluntary integration plans in Seattle and Louisville, this ADL curriculum lesson provides educators with the opportunity to engage their students in examining the Court’s 2007 decision and its impact on school integration within the broader context of the Brown v. Board of Education decision and the 50th anniversary of the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, AK.

ADLCurriculum Connections: Looking Back…Reaching Forward: Exploring the Promise of Brown v. Board of Education in Contemporary Times
To help students understand the significance of Little Rock as well as other events related to desegregation, educators can use this six-lesson curriculum unit for high school students to investigate the problem of segregation for themselves.  This unit includes an analysis of the Little Rock Crisis in Lesson 3: With All Deliberate Speed, and the most updated statistics available from the Civil Rights Project on the resurgence of racial isolation in schools in Lesson 4: Fifty Years Later.

Understanding the Language of School Integration
When discussing racial equity in schools, there are several important and unique terms that may be unfamiliar or mean different things to different people.  Because these terms are frequently used in such discussions, it is important to work from shared definitions.

Emerging Themes in Civil Rights: The Shifting Conversation about Race in Schools in the U.S. Supreme Court
 Since its decision in Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896, the Supreme Court has changed the conversation regarding the role of race in the nation’s schools.  This document provides a brief overview of key Supreme Court cases which address issues related to desegregation and racial diversity of U.S. public schools.
From “Little Rock Nine” to Today
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• Establishing a Safe Learning Environment
• ADL Encouraged By Supreme Court's Recognizing Racial Diversity As a Compelling Interest in Public Education
• ADL’s Brief in the Civil Rights Case Parents Involved v. Seattle and Meredith v. Kentucky
• ADL’s Brief in the Landmark Civil Rights Case, Brown v. Board of Education
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