Brown v. Board of Education : a brief history with documents / edited, with an introduction, by Waldo E. Martin, Jr.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Martin, Waldo E., 1951-

Series:

Bedford series in history and culture

The Bedford series in history and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Brown, Oliver.

Brown, Oliver, 1918-1961.

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

Topeka (Kan.).

Topeka (Kan.). Board of Education.

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

Segregation in education.

Segregation in education--Law and legislation.

United States.

Genre:

Trials, litigation, etc.

Physical Description:

xv, 253 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Other Title:

Brown versus Board of Education

Place of Publication:

Boston, MA : Bedford/St. Martin's, [1998]

Summary:

The effects of desegregation and the legacy of the civil rights movement continue to influence American race relations more than thirty years after Brown v. Board of Education, arguably the most significant legal decision of the twentieth century. This brief volume reprints documents from and about the Brown case along with a number of relevant works by W.E.B. Du Bois, Zora Neale Hurston, and the NAACP to illustrate the myriad responses - then and now - to the African American struggle for equality.

A general introduction analyzes the case's legal precedents and situates the case in the historical context of Jim Crow discrimination and the burgeoning development of the NAACP. Photographs, a collection of political cartoons, a chronology, questions for consideration, a bibliography, and an index are also included.

Contents:

Shades of Brown : Black freedom, white supremacy, and the law.

Historical backdrop : the Constitution, the law, and fighting Jim Crow

The evolution of the NAACP legal claim against Jim Crow

The growing anti-racist offensive : An American dilemma confronts World War II

Continuity and change in the legal struggle : equality, equalization, and direct attack

Politics, social change, and decision-making within the Supreme Court : the crafting of Brown

The Brown decision : immediate responses and immediate consequences

Roberts v. City of Boston (1849).

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

Sweatt v. Painter (1950) and McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents (1950)

Brown v. Board of Education (1952-55).

The lower court round : preliminary deliberations

The Supreme Court rounds : the making of Brown I and Brown II

Popular response to Brown.

Newspaper editorials

Letters to editors

Political cartoons

White backlash

National Progress Report : realizing integrated schools

The legacy of Brown

Appendices. Chronology of events related to Brown v. Board of Education.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-244) and index.

ISBN:

0312128118

0312111525

9780312128111

9780312111526

OCLC:

39164003

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