(Washington | CNN) – Fifty-six years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court 
affirmed in Brown v. Board of Education what our founders declared 
self-evident – that all men are created equal.

Until President Lincoln and the Republican Party abolished the horror of 
slavery, my ancestors were legally treated as mere chattel. Sadly, 
emancipation didn’t translate to equality back . . . → Read More: In Case You Missed It: Democrats fail on school program