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Race in America- How Far Have We Come (Christian Science Monitor)
https://www.csmonitor.com/Photo-Galleries/Infographics/Race-equality-in-America-How-far-have-we-come
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How Brown v. Board of Education Changed—and Didn't Change—American Education (The Atlantic)
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/04/two-milestones-in-education/361222/ 

How, after 60 years, Brown v. Board of Education succeeded — and didn’t (Washington Post)
​https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2014/04/24/how-after-60-years-brown-v-board-of-education-succeeded-and-didnt/?utm_term=.edf617803956 

The data proves that school segregation is getting worse (Vox):
https://www.vox.com/2018/3/5/17080218/school-segregation-getting-worse-data

School segregation didn’t go away. It just evolved (Vox)
www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/7/27/16004084/school-segregation-evolution

How racial inequality in education persists 60 years after Brown v. Board of Education (Vox)
​www.vox.com/2014/5/17/5725190/racial-segregregation-60-years-after-brown-v-board  

​Race and School Quality Since Brown v. Board of Education (Brookings Institute Study)
​https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/1992/01/1992_bpeamicro_boozer.pdf