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Brown v. Board of Education and the civil rights movement : abridged edition of From Jim Crow to civil rights : the Supreme Court and the struggle for racial equality / Michael J. Klarman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Klarman, Michael J., author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brown, Oliver, 1918-1961--Trials, litigation, etc.
- Brown, Oliver.
- United States. Supreme Court.
- United States.
- Topeka (Kan.). Board of Education--Trials, litigation, etc.
- Topeka (Kan.).
- Segregation--Law and legislation--United States--History--20th century.
- Segregation.
- United States--Race relations--History--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Other Title:
- Brown versus Board of Education and the civil rights movement
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Summary:
- A splendid account of the Supreme Court's rulings on race in the first half of the twentieth century, From Jim Crow To Civil Rights earned rave reviews and won the Bancroft Prize for History in 2005. Now, in this marvelously abridged, paperback edition, Michael J. Klarman has compressed his acclaimed study into tight focus around one major case--Brown v. Board of Education--making the path-breaking arguments of his original work accessible to a broader audience of general readers and students.
- Contents:
- The Jim Crow Era
- World War II
- Brown v. Board of Education
- Brown II and subsequent desegregation developments
- Brown's direct effects
- Brown's indirect effects
- Brown's backlash
- Why massive resistance?
- Brown, violence, and civil rights legislation.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2007.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-271) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-771853-1
- 0-19-029458-2
- 1-281-16337-6
- 9786611163372
- 0-19-804200-0
- 1-4356-0585-3
- OCLC:
- 476240335
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