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Autore: | Patterson James T |
Titolo: | Brown v. Board of Education [[electronic resource] ] : a civil rights milestone and its troubled legacy / / James T. Patterson |
Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (318 p.) |
Disciplina: | 344.73079809045 |
973.7/1 | |
Soggetto topico: | Discrimination in education - Law and legislation - United States - History |
Segregation in education - Law and legislation - United States - History | |
African Americans - Civil rights | |
Soggetto geografico: | Confederate States of America Politics and government |
Confederate States of America Social conditions | |
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-268) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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; |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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, in a concise, compelling narrative, |
Titolo autorizzato: | Brown v. Board of Education |
ISBN: | 0-19-771190-1 |
0-19-988084-0 | |
1-280-47196-4 | |
9786610471966 | |
0-19-972595-0 | |
1-60256-345-4 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910784673703321 |
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