Norman Rockwell's 'The Problem We All Live With' (1963)

'Separate But Equal' Never Ended in Education

The Brian Lehrer Show | Aug 11, 2015

Nikole Hannah-Jones, staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, spent the past year reporting on the Normandy school district, near Ferguson, MO (where Michael Brown went). She tells a story of failing schools, segregation and an accidental integration plan.

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