http://southernpasts.wordpress.com/2007/02/27/looking-past-little-rock/ the past is not dead. Wed, 02 Sep 2009 01:09:24 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://southernpasts.wordpress.com/2007/02/27/looking-past-little-rock/#comment-7 southernpasts Wed, 07 Mar 2007 05:13:27 +0000 http://southernpasts.wordpress.com/2007/02/27/looking-past-little-rock/#comment-7 Thanks for the heads up. I'll put it on the list! Thanks for the heads up. I’ll put it on the list!

]]> http://southernpasts.wordpress.com/2007/02/27/looking-past-little-rock/#comment-6 Mon Wed, 07 Mar 2007 00:28:48 +0000 http://southernpasts.wordpress.com/2007/02/27/looking-past-little-rock/#comment-6 In too many cases across the nation, integration came and went. "Deliberate speed" quickly became "slow and steady" as your numbers indicate. I think that the case of Brown v Board has taken on such a mythic stance that few are willing to critique the real world inequities that we still seen in education. Derrick Bell has some interesting things to say on the subject--you may want to check out his book Silent Covenants. In too many cases across the nation, integration came and went. “Deliberate speed” quickly became “slow and steady” as your numbers indicate. I think that the case of Brown v Board has taken on such a mythic stance that few are willing to critique the real world inequities that we still seen in education. Derrick Bell has some interesting things to say on the subject–you may want to check out his book Silent Covenants.

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