In Print: The Unfinished Agenda of Brown 

Fifty years after the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision, key questions remain. Was the promise of Brown realized — and if not, why? What real gains have been made and what losses sustained as a result of the decision? What has been its impact socially, culturally, economically and psychologically?
In an attempt to find answers to these and other crucial questions concerning school integration and the legacy of Brown, the editors of Black Issues solicited the opinions of a diverse group of activists, scholars, jurists, educators and theorists. The result is The Unfinished Agenda of Brown v. Board of Education, a collection of essays offering a range of views both thought-provoking and, at times, controversial.
Here are a few excepts from the book:

Introduction
I believe passionately that there exists now, as in the 1950's, a critical need to foster national dialogue about Brown and its unfinished agenda. Some serious questions warrant discussion. What is the historical importance of this decision as we look back from the turn of the 21st century? Was the racial injustice that the opinion decried reduced as a result of the ruling? Have any of the criticisms of the decision withstood the test of time, and most importantly, where do we go from here?
As Paul Robeson noted in early 1955, opponents of the decision were far from satisfied and "responded with howls of anguish and threats of retaliation." Some in the Negro press even argued that the heated opposition to Brown in the Deep South fanned the flames of racial hatred and contributed, in Mississippi, to the environment that hatched the lynching of Emmet Till in 1955. If this seems farfetched we should note the disturbing sexual subtext of Eisenhower's comment to Earl Warren which expresses fear of the proximity of "big overgrown Negroes" to "sweet little (White) girls" and hints at the emotionally volatile core of opposition to desegregation in education.
I stand with the late Judge A. Leon Higginbotham in believing that Brown, with all its flaws — stands as the "most important governmental act of any kind since the emancipation proclamation."
— Tavis Smiley, Political Commentator