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a civil rights milestone and its troubled legacy

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An edition of Brown v. Board of Education (2001)

Brown v. Board of Education

a civil rights milestone and its troubled legacy

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Many people were elated when Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren delivered Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka in May 1954, the ruling that struck down state-sponsored racial segregation in America's public schools. Thurgood Marshall, chief attorney for the black families that launchedthe litigation, exclaimed later, "I was so happy, I was numb." The novelist Ralph Ellison wrote, "another battle of the Civil War has been won. The rest is up to us and I'm very glad. What a wonderful world of possibilities are unfolded for the children!" Here, in a concise, compelling narrative, Bancroft Prize-winning historian James T. Patterson takes readers through the dramatic case and its fifty-year aftermath...

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Pages
285

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Cover of: Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education
2007, Oxford University Press
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Brown v. Board of Education: A Civil Rights Milestone and Its Troubled Legacy (Pivotal Moments in American History)
October 19, 2002, Oxford University Press, USA
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Brown v. Board of Education: a civil rights milestone and its troubled legacy
2001, Oxford University Press
in English
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Brown V. Board of Education: Civil Rights Milestone and Its Troubled Legacy
2001, Oxford University Press
in English

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-268) and index.

Published in
Oxford, New York
Series
Pivotal moments in American history
Genre
Trials, litigation, etc.
Other Titles
Brown versus Board of Education

Classifications

Library of Congress
KF4155 .P38 2001, KF4155.P38 2001, E487 .F83 2001eb, KF 4155 P38 2001, E487 .F83 2001

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxx, 285 p. :
Number of pages
285

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL3966040M
Internet Archive
brownvboardofedu00patt
ISBN 10
0195127161
LCCN
2001271117, 00051678
OCLC/WorldCat
45856169, 45308748
Library Thing
161529
Goodreads
526317

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