The NAACP's legal strategy against segregated education, 1925-1950 / Mark V. Tushnet.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tushnet, Mark, 1945-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People--History.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

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

Segregation in education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (238 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c1987.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Over 50% new material New DVD material with Film Bank on the Active Book disc New Writing Bank which makes writing a fun and engaging activity Pronunciation Bank gives students phonetic examples of unit vocabulary

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Notes

1. Setting the Course: The Grant from the Garland Fund

2. The Legal Background: From Margold to Houston

3. The Influence of the Staff

4. Thurgood Marshall and the Maryland Connection

5. Securing the Precedents: Gaines and Alston

6. The Campaign in the 1940s: Contingencies, Adaptations, and the Problem of Staff

7. The Strategy of Delay and the Direct Attack on Segregation

8. Conclusion: Some Lessons from the Campaign

Bibliography

Index

A-C

D-G

H-L

M

N-P

R-T

U-W

Y.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliography: p. 203-213 and index.

ISBN:

0-8078-6411-0

OCLC:

54358439