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 (239 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill, North Carolina ; London : University of North Carolina Press, 1987.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The NAACP's fight against segregated education--the first public interest litigation campaign--culminated in the 1954 Brown decision. While touching on the general social, political, and economic climate in which the NAACP acted, Mark V. Tushnet emphasizes the internal workings of the organization as revealed in its own documents. He argues that the dedication and the political and legal skills of staff members such as Walter White, Charles Hamilton Houston, and Thurgood Marshall were responsible for the ultimate success of public interest law. This edition contains a new epilogue by th

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 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; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-88-908801-2-3

979-88-9313-218-2

1-4696-1975-X

0-8078-8295-X

OCLC:

796384070