Brown v. Board of Education at fifty : a rhetorical perspective / edited by Clarke Rountree.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rountree, Clarke, 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brown, Oliver, 1918-1961.

Topeka (Kan.). Board of Education.

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

Segregation in education.

Segregation in education--Law and legislation.

United States.

History.

Discrimination in education--Law and legislation--United States.

Discrimination in education.

Discrimination in education--Law and legislation.

Brown, Oliver, 1918-1961--Trials, litigation, etc.

Brown, Oliver.

Topeka (Kan.). Board of Education--Trials, litigation, etc.

Topeka (Kan.).

Physical Description:

xix, 199 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Brown versus Board of Education at fifty

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, [2004]

Contents:

Revisiting the case of Plessy v. Ferguson / Marouf Hasian, Jr.

Dissent as prophecy : Justice John Marshall Harlan's dissent in Plessy v. Ferguson as the religious rhetoric of law / Daniel Mangis

Setting the stage for Brown v. Board of Education : The NAACP's litigation campaign against the "separate but equal" doctrine / Clarke Rountree

From natural to cultural inferiority : the symbolic reconstruction of white supremacy in Brown v. Board of Education / David Droge

The rhetoric of Virginia's massive resistance movement / Ann E. Burnette

The Supreme Court's rhetoric of legitimization / Ann M. Gill.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-188) and index.

ISBN:

0739108549

OCLC:

55600977