Brown v. Board of Education [[electronic resource] ] : a civil rights milestone and its troubled legacy / / James T. Patterson
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Patterson James T
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| Titolo: |
Brown v. Board of Education [[electronic resource] ] : a civil rights milestone and its troubled legacy / / James T. Patterson
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| 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 genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| 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: | 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.: | 9910457968403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Pivotal moments in American history.