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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782887203321

Autore

Wilkinson J. Harvie

Titolo

From Brown to Bakke [[electronic resource] ] : The Supreme Court and School Integration: 1945-1978

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1989

ISBN

1-280-52288-7

0-19-802025-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (379 p.)

Disciplina

344730798

Soggetti

School integration

School integration - United States - History

Segregation in education

School integration - History - United States

Segregation in education - Law and legislation - History - United States

Law - U.S. - General

Law - U.S

Law, Politics & Government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1. The Court Redeemed; 2. The Opinion; 3. As Brown Saw the Problem; 4. ""All Deliberate Speed"": Brown II; 5. Desegregating the South, 1955-1970; 6. Busing in Southern Cities: Charlotte and Richmond; 7. To Bus or Not to Bus; 8. Busing Moves West and North: Denver and Boston; 9. Busing the Suburbs: Milliken v. Bradley; 10. The Argument; 11. The Decision; Epilogue; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Wilkinson's incisive history of the Supreme Court's halting role in integrating education focuses on the two most controversial Supreme Court decisions of this generation and the country's reaction to them.