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The Power of the Brown v. Board of Education Decision: Theorizing Threats to Sustainability.

Fine, Michelle·2004·American Psychologist
DOI 10.1037/0003-066x.59.6.502
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Interviews with African American and White American elders capture the immediate power of the Brown v. Board of Education (1954) decision and the biography of its impact over time. This article reviews the lived experience of the decision and theorizes 3 threats to sustainability that ruthlessly undermined the decision over time: (a) the unacknowledged and enormous sacrifice endured by the African American community in the name of desegregation; b) the violent and relentless resistance to the decision by government officials, educators, and many White community members; and (c) the dramatic shrinkage of the vision of Brown from the dismantling of White supremacy to a technical matter of busing. Implications are drawn for the study of desegregation and for the study of sustainability of social justice more broadly.

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Metadata

Authors
Fine, M.
Affiliations
City College of New York (US)
Corresponding author
Fine, Michelle
ORCID
Fine, Michelle
Venue
American Psychologist
Publisher
American Psychological Association (APA)
Published
2004-09
Volume
59
Issue
6
Pages
502-510
ISSN
  • 0003-066X (ISSN-L)
  • 1935-990X
DOI
10.1037/0003-066x.59.6.502
OpenAlex
W2001333141
Cited by
31
References
48
Citations by year
2025: 3 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 3
FWCI
11.40
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • American Psychologist (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Race, History, and American Society
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Critical Race Theory in Education
  • Social Sciences › Law › Judicial and Constitutional Studies
Keywords
Brown v. Board of Education, desegregation, African American older adults, white supremacy, resistance to desegregation, busing, lived experience, racial segregation, social justice
MeSH terms
Black or African American, Child, Civil Rights, Humans, Power, Psychological, Prejudice, Public Opinion, Race Relations, Schools, Socialization, United States, Supreme Court Decisions, Black People, White People

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