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UNINA9910457968403321 |
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Autore |
Patterson James T |
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Titolo |
Brown v. Board of Education [[electronic resource] ] : a civil rights milestone and its troubled legacy / / James T. Patterson |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-47196-4 |
9786610471966 |
0-19-972595-0 |
1-60256-345-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (318 p.) |
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Collana |
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Pivotal moments in American history |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Discrimination in education - Law and legislation - United States - History |
Segregation in education - Law and legislation - United States - History |
African Americans - Civil rights |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-268) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Editors' Note; Preface: Contesting the Color Line; 1 Race and the Schools Before Brown; 2 The Grass Roots and Struggling Lawyers; 3 The Court Decides; 4 Crossroads, 1954-55; 5 Southern Whites Fight Back; 6 Striving for Racial Balance in the 1960's; 7 The Burger Court Surprises; 8 Stalemates; 9 Resegregation?; 10 Legacies and Lessons; Appendix I: Key Cases; Appendix II: Tables and Figures; Notes; Bibliographical Essay; Acknowledgments; Index; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Many people were elated when Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren delivered Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka in May 1954, the ruling that struck down state-sponsored racial segregation in America's public schools. Thurgood Marshall, chief attorney for the black families that launched the litigation, exclaimed later, ""I was so happy, I was numb."" The novelist Ralph Ellison wrote, ""another battle of the Civil War has been won. The rest is up to us and I'm very glad. What a wonderful world of possibilities are unfolded for the children!"" Here, |
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