This issue of "Diversity Digest" contains articles and resources focused on the lasting lessons, legacies, and spirit of the 1954 "Brown v. Board of Education" decision. This year of the fiftieth anniversary, filled with ceremonies, celebrations, and commemorations of that decision has highlighted many well known and lesser known people who fought for change and reminded Americans of how their struggles transformed this nation. "Brown" was a landmark legal decision and a Watershed event in American history. Moreover, it indelibly changed the social, cultural, and political landscape of the United States. The articles in this issue explore a range of effects that the 1954 decision had on higher education. This issue also features campus-community connections and reveals the spirit of change that springs from democratic principles. Articles in this issue include: (1) The Lasting Legacy of "Brown" (Mark Giles, Ed.); (2) University of South Carolina Upstate: A Model of Excellence and Diversity (Leon Wiles); (3) Fifty Years after "Brown v. Board of Education": Reflections from an Activist-Administrator (Charlie Nelms); (4) A Search for Deep Diversity in the Communication Classroom (Heather E. Harris); (5) The 1954 "Brown" Decision: Fueling the Torch of Liberation for Asian Pacific Americans (Daniel Hiroyuki Teraguchi); (6) "Brown v. Board's" Legacy and Contemporary Black Higher Education (Marybeth Gasman); (7) Student Leaders Reflect on the Legacy of "Brown" (Sherwynn Umali); (8) The Deep South Center for Environmental Justice: Education and Empowerment for an Engaged Citizenry (Beverly Wright); and (9) Diversity at Middlesex Community College (Walter Clark). An annotated list of books on "Brown v. Board of Education" is also included. (Individual articles contain references.) [For "Diversity Digest. Volume 8, Number 1," see ED493630.]