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UNINA9910822716003321 |
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Autore |
Patterson James T. |
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Titolo |
Brown v. Board of Education : a civil rights milestone and its troubled legacy / / James T. Patterson |
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Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2023 |
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0-19-771190-1 |
0-19-988084-0 |
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 |
Oxford scholarship online |
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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 |
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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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Previously issued in print: 2001. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 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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Here, in a concise narrative, historian James T. Patterson takes readers through the dramatic case of Brown versus Board of Education of Topeka in May 1954, the ruling that struck down state-sponsored racila segregation in America's public schools. and its 50-year aftermath. |
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