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*May 15, 2004 March on Washington to Realize the Unfulfilled Promise of Brown v. Board of Education* and Defend Affirmative Action**
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Posters

Hold a sign-making party before the march

Slogan suggestions:


Build the New Civil Rights Movement	Defend Integration & Affirmative Action	Make Real the Promise of Brown v. Board of Education!
Integrate, Don't Segregate!	'Separate But Equal' is a Lie	Fight for Equality
We won't tolerate the back of the bus!	Fight Racism and Sexism	Books, Supplies, Smaller Class Size!
	El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!

Chants

Listen to chant! (MP3 format)
We demand equality and integration in education Affirmative action is the way, Long live the fight of MLK!
We won't take re-segregation Equal quality education!
‘Separate but equal' is a lie Affirmative action must not die!
Education is a right By any means necessary we will fight!
Black, Latino, Arab, Asian and white United for equality we will fight!
We'll fight for black and white youth liberation, No separate, unequal racist education!
They say Jim Crow, we say hell no!
Integration now, Segregation never!
Integration is a must, We won't tolerate the back of the bus!
Black, Latino, Arab, Asian and white No racist war, home or abroad, Defend our civil rights!
El pueblo unido, jamás será vencido! (The people united will never be defeated!)
Chant sheet: Download printable PDF file

Sample Resolution

Present this Resolution to your organization, union, community group, church, etc. to organize support for the march -

RESOLUTION TO REALIZE THE PROMISE OF BROWN v. BOARD OF EDUCATION

Whereas,

May 17, 2004 marks the 50 year anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education. In making this landmark decision, the US Supreme Court declared that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal."

Whereas,

Today, fifty years after this landmark decision, more black, Latina/o and Native American children attend segregated and unequal schools than ever before.

Therefore, be it resolved,

We reaffirm the US Supreme Court's view that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal" and that "'separate but equal' has no place" in American education.

Therefore, be it resolved,

We share the aspiration of the overwhelming majority of Americans to achieve equality of educational opportunity.

Therefore, be it resolved,

We support the Saturday, May 15, 2004 March on Washington to Realize the Promise of Brown v. Board of Education and Defend Affirmative Action.

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