From Brown to Bakke : the Supreme Court and school integration, 1954-1978 / J. Harvie Wilkinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilkinson, J. Harvie, III, 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School integration--United States--History.

School integration.

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

Segregation in education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (379 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford [England] ; Toronto : Oxford University Press, 1981, c1979.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Wilkinson's incisive history of the Supreme Court's halting role in integrating education focuses on the two most controversial Supreme Court decisions of this generation and the country's reaction to them.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; 1. The Court Redeemed; 2. The Opinion; 3. As Brown Saw the Problem; 4. ""All Deliberate Speed"": Brown II; 5. Desegregating the South, 1955-1970; 6. Busing in Southern Cities: Charlotte and Richmond; 7. To Bus or Not to Bus; 8. Busing Moves West and North: Denver and Boston; 9. Busing the Suburbs: Milliken v. Bradley; 10. The Argument; 11. The Decision; Epilogue; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-280-52288-7

0-19-802025-2

OCLC:

476007446