{"entry":{"title":"Racial Isolation Is Still a Problem for Black Students","date":"Tue, 03 Sep 2013 04:00:00 +0000","author":"EPI, Economic Policy Institute","description":"
F<\/span>ifty years ago last January, George C. Wallace took the oath of office as governor of Alabama, pledging to defy the U.S. Supreme Court\u2019s 1954<\/span>Brown v. Board of Education\u00a0<\/em>decision prohibiting separate public schools for black students. \u201cI draw the line in the dust,\u201d Wallace shouted, \u201cand toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny, and I say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever\u201d (Wallace 1963).<\/span><\/p>","original_link":"http:\/\/www.epi.org\/publication\/unfinished-march-public-school-segregation\/"}}