| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xv, 365 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-346) and index. |
| Contents |
The significance of Brown -- The legacy of segregation: what Brown meant in Merced -- Brown's promise: Black students at Stanford -- Brown's failure: resistance in Boston -- Brown's challenge: carrying the torch -- Life before Brown -- Defeating Jim Crow -- Resistance to Brown -- Marshall and King: two paths to justice -- Reversing the Brown mandate: the Bakke challenge -- The legacy of Thurgood Marshall -- The rise of Clarence Thomas -- Who's getting lynched: Hill v. Thomas -- Justice Thomas: a new era in race matters -- The Michigan cases: mixed signals -- Meeting the educational challenges of the twenty-first century -- Addressing the racial divide: reparations -- The integration deal: sobering reflections. |
| Subject |
Race discrimination -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History.
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Race discrimination -- Law and legislation. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Civil rights movements -- United States -- History.
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Civil rights movements. |
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Ogletree, Charles J., Jr., 1952-2023.
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Ogletree, Charles J., Jr., 1952-2023. |
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African American lawyers -- Biography.
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African American lawyers. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| ISBN |
0393058972 hardcover |
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