| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 283 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The right to free speech : students and the Black freedom struggle in Mississippi -- The right to equal protection : segregation and inequality in the Denver public schools -- The right to due process : student discipline and civil rights in Columbus, Ohio -- A right to equal education : the fourteenth amendment and American schools -- Tinker's troubled legacy : discipline, disorder, and race in the schools, 1968-1983 -- Epilogue. |
| Summary |
In the late 1960s, protests led by students roiled high schools across the country. As school desegregation finally took place on a wide scale, students of color were particularly vocal in contesting the racial discrimination they saw in school policies and practices. And yet, these young people had no legal right to express dissent at school. It was not until 1969 that the Supreme Court would recognize the First Amendment rights of students in the landmark Tinker v. Des Moines case. A series of students' rights lawsuits in the desegregation era challenged everything from school curricula to disciplinary policies. But in casting students as "troublemakers" or as "culturally deficient," school authorities and other experts persuaded the courts to set limits on rights protections that made students of color disproportionately vulnerable to suspension and expulsion.Troublemakers traces the history of black and Chicano student protests from small-town Mississippi to metropolitan Denver and beyond, showcasing the stories of individual protesters and demonstrating how their actions contributed to the eventual recognition of the constitutional rights of all students. Offering a fresh interpretation of this pivotal era, Troublemakers shows that when black and Chicano teenagers challenged racial discrimination in American public schools, they helped remake American constitutional law and establish protections of free speech, due process, equal protection, and privacy for students. |
| Access |
DRM-free. |
| Subject |
Students -- Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Students -- Civil rights. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Nineteen sixties -- Social aspects.
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Nineteen sixties. |
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Social aspects. |
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United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
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Race relations. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| ISBN |
9781479821365 (electronic book) |
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1479821365 (electronic book) |
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9781479875139 |
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1479875139 |
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