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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816394203321

Autore

Fuller Sarah Betsy

Titolo

Desegregating schools : Brown v. Board of Education / / John A. Torres and Sarah Betsy Fuller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Enslow Publishing, , 2017

�2017

ISBN

0-7660-8423-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (128 pages) : illustrations (some color), portraits

Collana

US Supreme Court landmark cases

Disciplina

344.730798

Soggetti

Segregation in education - Law and legislation - United States

African Americans - Civil rights

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-119) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Whites only school -- Questions of integration and segregation -- The case for Linda Brown and others -- Top lawyer makes case against mixed schools -- Bringing together opposing minds -- A landmark decision -- The decision's aftershock.

Sommario/riassunto

Readers will learn what led up to the Brown v. Board of Education case, how the case made it to the Supreme Court, and how this case changed everything when it came to race equality in the United States. Also included are questions to consider, primary source documents, and a chronology of the case.