Amicus Brief to the United States Supreme Court: Seattle/Louisville
In October of 2006, The Kirwan Institute, in collaboration with some of the nation’s leading scholars on the structural and institutional dynamics underlying persistent racial exclusion in the United States, submitted an Amicus Brief to the Supreme Court in support of the Seattle and Jefferson County, Kentucky School Boards. The brief locates the current controversy in the context of Brown v. Board of Education and its progeny. In these cases, the court identified the harm of segregation and recognized the important role school boards play in ameliorating this harm through the use of race-conscious measures. The brief argues that school boards may intervene to disrupt the processes that produce segregation and cumulative racialized disadvantage.
- Brief of the Caucus for Structural Equity as Amicus Curiae (Louisville, KY and Seattle Voluntary School Integration Cases in the U.S. Supreme Court) (pdf)
Caucus for Structural Equity (October 2006)
