Dream deferred but not defeated: poor blacks after 'Brown.' ('Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas') From: The Nation | Date: May 23, 1994| Author: | COPYRIGHT 1994 The Nation Company L.P. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

The 1954 Supreme Court school integration decision had the effect of ending apartheid in the US. Social and political changes followed, as did the rise of an African American middle and working class. However, the African American poor remain at the heart of the racial problem.

When the Warren Court handed down the decision in Brown v. Board Education of Topeka, Kansas, it set in motion a train of events that has changed the country and affected every citizen. It destroyed American apartheid and enriched our society. It also brought the nation a sobering dose of racial reality that ...

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