Black, white, and Brown : the landmark school desegregation case in retrospect / editors Clare Cushman and Melvin I Urofsky ; foreword by William H Rehnquist.

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Publication details:
[Washington, D.C.] : Supreme Court Historical Society ; CQ Press, 2004.
Record id:
24637
Author:
Cushman, Clare. 
Urofsky, Melvin I. 
Subject:
Brown, Oliver, -- 1918-1961.
Discrimination in education.
Civil rights -- United States -- History.
Racial discrimination -- History -- United States.
Contents:
Foreword
"Among the most humane moments in all our history": Brown v. Board of Education in historical perspective
Post-Plessy, pre-Brown: "logical exactness" in enforcing equal rights
Before Brown: the racial integration of American higher education
Justice Robert H Jackson and segragation: a study of the limitations and proper basis of judicial action
A plea for the demise of a stubborn myth
Linda Brown and the fight for educational equality
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954), (1955)
Illustrations
Brown v. Board of Education revisited
African-American rights after Brown
The battle over Brown's legitimacy
Brown as a classroom icon
Legacies and lessons.
Note:
Includes selected bibliography and index.
ISBN:
0914785346
Phys. description:
343 p. : ill.