Henderson has an extensive background in education, business and civic leadership, having served on and chaired local, state and national boards. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Presidential Commission, which served to provide a federal presence in the 2004 anniversary of the Brown decision. The Foundation in 2001 successfully worked with Congress to establish the Brown v. Board of Education National Park in Topeka, Kan., which opened in May 2004. The Foundation in 1990 successfully worked with Congress to establish the Brown v. It has provided scholarships to more than 100 students of color presented awards to local, state and national leaders established libraries for children in low-income communities developed curriculum on Brown for educators across the country and sponsored programs on diversity and educational issue. Henderson founded the Brown Foundation in 1988. Henderson is the founding president of The Brown Foundation for Educational Equity, Excellence and Research, and owner of Brown & Associates, an educational consulting firm. We are proud to bring Cheryl to Grand Rapids to share her message with our greater community.” The Board of Education: The Legacy Continues,’ will inspire attendees to take on persistent barriers to advancing educational equity.
King’s historical reflections and philosophies of attaining a fair and just society,” said Latoya Booker, Davenport’s executive director of diversity, equity and inclusion. The event is free and open to the public. 17 at Fountain Street Church, 24 Fountain Street NE in Grand Rapids. Grand Rapids Community College, Davenport University, and Grand Valley State University collaborate annually on events for Rev. Board of Education was one of the cornerstones of the civil rights movement. Board of Education of Topeka was the 1954 Supreme Court case in which the justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional. Brown, who, in 1950 along with 12 other parents and attorneys for the NAACP, filed suit on behalf of their children against the local Board of Education.īrown v. Henderson is one of the three daughters of the late Rev. Board of Education Supreme Court case and its impact as the keynote speaker for the 36th Annual Rev. Cheryl Brown Henderson will talk about the landmark Brown v.
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