Today is the 65th anniversary of this landmark Supreme Court decision against school segregation. I can’t understand why you wouldn’t agree with it….unless you’re a racist.
Sherrilyn Ifill: For nearly 65 years, the legal consensus around Brown was unequivocal. But since April 2018, more than two dozen Trump nominees, including new judge Wendy Vitter and deputy attorney general Jeffrey Rosen, have declined to endorse it. https://t.co/75hVzmBpaU
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) May 17, 2019
Today is the 65th anniversary of Brown v. Bd of Educ. Yet while we celebrate this anniversary and its beneficial impact on millions of Americans, Trump has nominated and McConnell’s Senate has confirmed numerous judicial nominees who REFUSE to say Brown was correctly decided. Sad
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) May 17, 2019
Sez @Eugene_Scott : Brown embodies the legal foundation on which all other desegregation decisions were based and the principle on which our federal civil rights laws were premised.https://t.co/9d1xR0Rvvh
— Vanessa Williams (@WaPoVanessa) May 17, 2019
Brown v. Board of Education is more than a historic ruling. It paved the way for #CivilRights progress & laid the foundation for equal protection under the law. Refusing to affirm #BrownvBoard is to lack fidelity to the rule of law. More via @USATODAY: https://t.co/c4cb3GM15X
— Derrick Johnson (@DerrickNAACP) May 17, 2019
1/2 I’m with @Sifill_LDF. Brown v. Board gave black children the right to attend school with white children & ended separate but equal. If you won’t commit to Brown in your confirmation hearing, you shouldn’t be a federal judge or the Deputy AG. https://t.co/sv1SSl1nKJ
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) May 13, 2019
Sad! 