Brown at 50, Austin American-Statesman Author: Andy Alford

Nearly 50 years later, is integration still relevant in the drive to improve schools? The Roanoke Times  Author: Ben Feller

Desegregation of MPS retreated in '90s, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Author: SAM SCHULHOFER-WOHL

"Fifty years ago this month, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education that segregating children by race was unconstitutional, creating in the minority children a 'sense of inferiority (that) affects the motivation of the child to learn.' In 1977, Seattle carried out the legacy of Brown in becoming the first major city to adopt a comprehensive desegregation busing plan without a court order." Decades of effort fail to close gap in student achievement, May 9, 2004, The Seattle Times, Author: Sanjay Bhatt

"A week from tomorrow, educators and others around the country will observe the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, the landmark court decision outlawing school segregation. But according to a nationwide study of elementary schools conducted by the Lewis Mumford Center at SUNY Albany, New York doesn't have much to celebrate. In fact, New York's is the only one of the nation's 30 biggest school systems in which black-white segregation increased from1968 to 2000?quot;For a Historic Anniversary, Few Hurrahs for New York, May 9, 2004, The New York Times, Author: SETH KUGEL

"Fifty years after a landmark court decision brought the promise of better schooling for black students, most of Illinois' black children are still relegated to segregated and inferior schools, a Tribune study has found." Still separate, unequal, May 9, 2004, Chicago Tribune, Authors: Diane Rado, Darnell Little and Grace Aduroja

"Across the United States, the step away from desegregation has resulted largely from court orders that school systems end cross-town busing and other attendance policies based on race. Shaw and other desegregation advocates say slipping diversity does not mean schools are reverting to old ways." Half-century later, are schools more separate or more equal?, CNN, May 1, 2004

"As the Brown anniversary nears, many children still attend racially separate, unequal schools. They're not segregated by law ?/font>Brown stopped that. But black and white children are now separated largely by how much their parents earn and where they can afford to live. Across the USA, the result is practically the same: In 2000, 71% of minority students attended schools where they were in the majority. Minorities accounted for nearly 4 in 10 public school students; yet 43.4% of white students went to schools in which fewer than 1 in 10 was a minority." Integrated schools still a dream 50 years later USA TODAY April, 28, 2004  Author: Greg Toppo