Brown v. Board of Education : a civil rights milestone and its troubled legacy
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Brown v. Board of Education : a civil rights milestone and its troubled legacy
（Pivotal moments in American history / series editors, David Hackett Fischer, James M. McPherson）
Oxford University Press, 2001
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Notes: p. 237-261
Bibliographical essay (p. 263-268) and index
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Description
Many people were elated when Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren delivered Brown versus Board of Education of Topeka in May 1954, the ruling that struck down state-sponsored racila 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, narrative, Bancroft Prize-winning historian James T. Patterson takes readers through the dramatic case and its 50-year aftermath. A wide range of characters animates the story, from the little-known African-Americans who dared to challenge Jim Crow with lawsuits (at great personal cost); to Thurgood Marshall, who later became a Justice himself; to Earl Warren, who shephered a fractured Court to a unanimous decision.
Table of Contents
Editor's 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 1960s. 7: The Buger Court Surprises. 8: Stalemates. 9: Resegregation?. 10: Legacies and Lessons. Appendix I: Key Cases. Appendix II: Tables and Figures. Notes. Bibliographical Essay. Acknowledgements. Index.
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