Abstract
On the 65th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, U.S. public schools and neighborhoods are more racially segregated than they have been in decades, while the country’s racial wealth gap continues to widen. These patterns of residential segregation and grossly disparate median net worth are equally present and urgent in Boston on the 45th anniversary of the city’s school desegregation case, Morgan v. Hennigan. This panel assembles litigators, organizers, and scholars to reflect on Brown’s legacy and critically examine both the limits and promise of its remedies, nationally and in Boston.