Brown v. Board of Education v. Today Whenever I enter Foellinger Auditorium, it is usually to attend my economics lecture, but this time is different. I won't hear a lecture on how the economy works, but instead I will hear from a family who pushed the nation to rethink the education system. The famous Brown family would lecture on the famous case that bore their name and wrote them into history forever. The Brown v. Board of Education eliminated segregation in public schools, an injustice that so many African Americans fought to end not only in public schools, but also in public places. The Brown v. Board of Education decision was a step toward a future where African Americans and Caucasians could mix rather than be separated solely because of race. Segregation by the early 1950s had finally reached its end of the road and a new law was enacted to ban segregation and promote integration. Upon entering the auditorium, conversations about the excitement of the Brown sisters giving a speech about the historic decision, politics, sports, and other daily conversations could be heard. The auditorium was filled with people from different ethnic groups, mostly Caucasians but also several African Americans, who came to hear the real story behind Brown v. Board of Education. I would have to say that about 60% of the people were Caucasian, 25% were African American, and the remaining 15% were Asian or Hispanic. People of all ages came to hear what the Brown sisters had to say; some as young as seven and others nearly sixty. Children, college students, graduate students, professors, and people in other professions filled the auditorium, with college students making up the majority of those in attendance. However, the auditorium was not as full or as full as one would expect knowing that the Brown family would be discussing the Brown v. Board of Education decision, a disappointing reality. The long-awaited speech finally began a few minutes after four. Susan Fowler, co-chair of the Brown v. Board, began by introducing the ten winning students who wrote to Linda Brown expressing their feelings about the trial and the Brown v. Board. He then talked about how Project 500, founded in 1968, recruited African-American students on the University of Illinois campus as a way to make the campus more diverse; Project 500 was the direct result of Brown v.