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Discusses the circumstances leading up to the 1954 Supreme Court case that fought segregation in American schools and the results and repercussions of the case.
Featured here are the views of heroes such as Congressman John Lewis, who participated in the march and was brutally injured in the infamous Bloody Sunday attack on the marchers.
... Topeka (Brown II), US Supreme Court, May 31, 1955. 6. James Anderson and Dara N. Burne, eds., The Unfinished Agenda of Brown v. Board of Education. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons, 2004, p. 53. 7. Hugo Black, Opinion, Alexander v. Holmes ...
The Court's ruling in Millikin v. Bradley set a trend toward resegregating schools. Over the next two decades Detroit's public schools became almost entirely black. The case impacted other parts of the country as well: Boston, ...
Both points are important to note as we reflect on the legacy of Brown a half century after the ruling. This journal offers articles, an interview, book reviews and a media review around this area.
A political memoir that teaches grass-roots politics and inspires organizing for real change in the Age of Obama, this book will appeal to readers of black history, Occupy Wall Street organizers, and armchair political advocates.
It was presented by NAACP attorneys who called on nationally known psychologist M. Brewster Smith, who was head of Vassar College's Department of Psychology. Smith put forth the most impressive arguments. He asserted that segregation ...
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The Uncompromising Commitment of Black Youth to Equal Education After Brown Vincent D. Willis. 5. Juan Williams ... v. Board of Education; Anderson and Byrne, Unfinished Agenda of Brown; Bell, Silent Covenants; Burton and O'Brien ...
The American Educational History Journal is a peer?reviewed, national research journal devoted to the examination of educational topics using perspectives from a variety of disciplines.