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Brown v. Board of Education : a civil rights milestone and its troubled legacy / James T. Patterson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Patterson, James T., author.
- Series:
- Pivotal moments in American history.
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Pivotal moments in American history
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Discrimination in education--Law and legislation--United States--History.
- Discrimination in education.
- Segregation in education--Law and legislation--United States--History.
- Segregation in education.
- African Americans--Civil rights.
- African Americans.
- Topeka (Kan.). Board of Education--Trials, litigation, etc.
- Brown, Oliver, 1918-1961--Trials, litigation, etc.
- Local Subjects:
- Topeka (Kan.). Board of Education--Trials, litigation, etc.
- Brown, Oliver, 1918-1961--Trials, litigation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (318 p.)
- Other Title:
- Brown versus Board of Education
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Here, in a concise narrative, historian James T. Patterson takes readers through the dramatic case of Brown versus Board of Education of Topeka in May 1954, the ruling that struck down state-sponsored racila segregation in America's public schools. and its 50-year aftermath.
- Contents:
- 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;
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2001.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-268) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-771190-1
- 0-19-988084-0
- 1-280-47196-4
- 9786610471966
- 0-19-972595-0
- 1-60256-345-4
- OCLC:
- 815380877
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