Movers And Board Of Education Of Topeka, Dr. Martin Luther...

Movers and Shakers in Education The movers and shakers in education have sacrificed so much of their lives. The educators and other events that have established techniques to allow every child to have a successful and proper education, and for every child an equal opportunity to have a bright future. The Civil Rights Act, the Meriam Report, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, and One Laptop per Child are four of the movers and shakers in education I will attempt to write about. When you hear the word of the event: â€Å"Civil Rights Act†, one may think of freedom, equality for all, and unity. Because of great leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr., and also other leaders who fought for African Americans to be treated equally, the Civil Rights Act was established. The Civil Rights Act is our nation’s greatest of the civil rights legislation. This act was established in 1964, and it put an end to segregated schooling. Even though the law was passed that all schoo ls must no longer be segregated; many white people did not comply to the new law or rule. â€Å"Just as the movement to prohibit racial discrimination began with schools, so did the movement to make racial discrimination a constitutional requirement. School racial segregation came to a quick and complete end as a result of the Act, but school racial separation did not. Nonracial neighborhood assignment in areas of residential racial concentration resulted in racially concentrated schools. Civil rights