The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed on Thurgood Marshall's birthday by President Johnson a supreme act of respect, and working together for the greater good.
Thurgood Marshall won Brown vs Topeka in 1954 a landmark case for the civil rights movement. He served as a Supreme Court Justice from 1967 - 1991.
How do we restore his legacy in education. When will the children be given a chance to learn more than when not to speak up. Is it possible to have discipline without lifelong penalties? All of our children will be needed to perpetuate our future together.
Although schools were instructed to desegregate "with all deliberate speed," desegregation, or integration of schools was a slow tedious in sporadic spots of the country. Sometimes the process was violent, and perhaps the resistance to equitable compliance in a timely manner has resulted in mass school failures, modern school success models, college graduates, and college dropouts in a bumpy educational fabric.
The bulk of school books are made in Texas, and should be revised to include significant events, and history makers, and catch up with the education individuals can attain online. The elements of music, and art are missing in schools for spiritual balance. Music in the schools brought forth Earth Wind & Fire.
Another notable case determining affirmative action in 1978 was the Bakke decision. One of the black applicants admitted through quota's in Bakke's place finished as class valedictorian having endured assertions he was not qualified to attend the University of California medical school.
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http://www.thurgoodmarshallfund.net/scholarship/about-scholarships-program
Legal quote: Justice delayed is justice denied.
Song: McCoy Tyner ~ Walk Spirit' Talk Spirit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thurgood_Marshall 1954
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/495961/Bakke-decision
See 21st Century Education Considerations
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