UID:
almafu_9959227860202883
Format:
1 online resource (318 p.)
ISBN:
0-19-771190-1
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0-19-988084-0
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1-280-47196-4
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9786610471966
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0-19-972595-0
,
1-60256-345-4
Series Statement:
Pivotal moments in American history
Content:
Here, in a concise narrative, historian James T. Patterson takes readers through the dramatic case of Brown versus Board of Education of Topeka in May 1954, the ruling that struck down state-sponsored racila segregation in America's public schools. and its 50-year aftermath.
Note:
Previously issued in print: 2001.
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Contents; Editors' Note; Preface: Contesting the Color Line; 1 Race and the Schools Before Brown; 2 The Grass Roots and Struggling Lawyers; 3 The Court Decides; 4 Crossroads, 1954-55; 5 Southern Whites Fight Back; 6 Striving for Racial Balance in the 1960's; 7 The Burger Court Surprises; 8 Stalemates; 9 Resegregation?; 10 Legacies and Lessons; Appendix I: Key Cases; Appendix II: Tables and Figures; Notes; Bibliographical Essay; Acknowledgments; Index;
,
English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-515632-3
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-512716-1
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1093/oso/9780195127164.001.0001
