Jesse Jackson calls for Educational Equality
The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson today called for a Constitutional amendment that would guarantee a quality education for citizens across the country. Jackson told a NAACP panel convened to examine the U.S. Supreme Court's Brown vs. Board of Education decision that, while the landmark case signaled the end of legalized racial segregation, it spawned a new problem of economic segregation. Citing discrepancies between rich and poor states and the resulting effect on school districts, he told NAACP members at a national meeting in Philadelphia that everyone should be entitled to an "equal, high-quality education. We must treat it as a constitutional right, not a state commodity." [more]
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