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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823663903321

Autore

Wilkinson J. Harvie <1944->

Titolo

From Brown to Bakke : the Supreme Court and school integration, 1954-1978 / / J. Harvie Wilkinson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford [England] ; ; Toronto, : Oxford University Press, 1981, c1979

ISBN

1-280-52288-7

0-19-802025-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (379 p.)

Disciplina

344730798

Soggetti

School integration - United States - History

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.