In 1952, the U. S. Supreme Court agreed to hear jointly a collection of lawsuits combined (Brown et al. v. Board of Education of Topeka, KS) by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) on school desegregation. DE, KS, VA, SC, and Washington, D.C., all had segregated schools and were being sued to dispute the “separate but equal” ruling set by Plessy v. Ferguson of 1896. In general, these lawsuits were filed because parents and others were concerned about the separate and unequal, often dilapidated school building infrastructures and detrimental school conditions experienced by many Black students in America (USA). Parallel to this, sports in America for Blacks and Whites at the interscholastic, intercollegiate, and professional levels also have troubling histories of ethnic and racial segregation, racial ideologies, and forced or self-selected divergent participation patterns (Coakley, 2004; Reese, 1999). In short, during this era Blacks were systematically excluded from participation in white-controlled sport programs and organizations. In this presentation, the U. S. Supreme Court's decision in the Brown et al. case is used as a point of historic reference to elaborate on the often-divergent realities in education and sport for Black and White Americans. Still today, many schools are culturally, ethnically, economically, and racially segregated and unequal (Toppo, 2004). Race-related divergences are reflected in students' graduation rates, sport participation patterns, and sport administrative structures and hiring practices. The intent of this discussion is to reflect on USA education and sport histories as associated with the social construct of race, and to emphasize a continued need for proactive steps toward realizing America's promise of social justice for all.Keyword(s): athletics/sports, diversity, high school issues