Brown v. Board of Education : a civil rights milestone and its troubled legacy
by
 
Patterson, James T.

Title
Brown v. Board of Education : a civil rights milestone and its troubled legacy

Author
Patterson, James T.

ISBN
9780195127164

Personal Author
Patterson, James T.

Publication Information
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.

Physical Description
xxx, 285 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Series
Pivotal moments in American history

Series Title
Pivotal moments in American history

Contents
PART ONE: THE OTHER HOUSE DIVIDED: The Union's task -- Fault lines in the pre-Civil War South -- The secession crisis -- PART TWO: SOUTHERN WHITE ANTI-CONFEDERATES: From neutrality to unionism -- The jackpot -- PART THREE: SOUTHERN BLACK ANTI-CONFEDERATES: The delay -- The collaboration -- The harvest -- PART FOUR: LAST FULL MEASURE: The last best hope -- The taproot and its blight.

Personal Subject
Brown, Oliver, 1918-1961-Trials, litigation, etc.

Corporate Subject
Topeka (Kan.). Board of Education -- Trials, litigation, etc.

Subject Term
Discrimination in education -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History.
 
Segregation in education -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History.
 
African Americans -- Civil rights.


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