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Subject(s)

• Brown, Oliver 1918-1961—Trials, litigation, etc—Juvenile literature [Browse]
• Topeka (Kan.). Board of Education—Trials, litigation, etc—Juvenile literature [Browse]
• Segregation in education—Law and legislation—United States—Juvenile literature [Browse]
• African Americans—Civil rights—Juvenile literature [Browse]

Editor

• Garbus, Julia [Browse]

Series

Perspectives on modern world history. [More in this series]

Summary note

"Using primary and secondary sources ... provides background information on the [Brown v. Board of Education trial] and presents the controversies surrounding the event, and offers first-person narratives from people who lived through or were impacted by the [it]"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-186) and index.

Action note

Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)

Contents

• The road to the landmark "Brown" court rulings / West's Encyclopedia of American Law
• The US Supreme Court codifies "separate by equal" into law / Henry Billings Brown
• In two landmark rulings, the US Supreme Court declares school segregation unconstitutional / Earl Warren
• Southern legislators vow to oppose desegregation / Members of the US Congress
• "Brown" ends the "shame of segregation" / Max Freedman
• Court order can't make the races mix / Zora Neale Hurston
• Despite disappointments, "Brown" improved African Americans' lives / David Garrow
• School segregaration and the achievement gap continue almost sixty years after "Brown" / Lawrence D. Bobo
• Black schools provided better educational opportunities before desegregation / Jonathan Tilove
• Forced school busing caused racial turmoil in Boston / Bridget Murphy
• The fight for racial balance in schools is still relevant / David L. Kirp
• Continuing racial imbalance in schools is not a problem / Abigail Thernstrom and Stephan Thernstrom
• African Americans are not to blame for the failures of "Brown" / Michael Eric Dyson
• "Brown" has influenced human rights internationally / Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• School integration in Eastern Europe contrasts sharply with the US experience / Jack Greenberg
• School life for an African American boy before desegregation / William E. Cox
• The sister of a "Brown" plaintiff remembers student strikes for better school conditions / Joan Johns Cobb
• A lawyer representing Kansas recalls his Supreme Court argument / Paul E. Wilson
• An NAACP lawyer discusses "Brown" and its legacy / Jack Greenberg and Gilbert Holmes, interviewed by M. Dion Thompson
• Black educators in Topeka adjust to desegregation / Merrill Ross and Barbara Ann Ross
• Facing a mob, an African American teen helps integrate a high school / Minnijean Brown Trickey.

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Other title(s)

• Brown vs. Board of Education trial
• Brown versus Board of Education trial

ISBN

• 9780737773071 (hbk.)
• 0737773073 (hbk.)

LCCN

^^2014020505

OCLC

880929803

RCP

H - S

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