Brown V. Board of Education and the Civil Rights Movement : The Supreme Court and the Struggle for Racial Equality ".

By: Klarman, Michael JMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Cary : Oxford University Press USA - OSO, 2007Copyright date: ©2007Description: 1 online resource (479 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780198042006Subject(s): Brown, Oliver, -- 1918-1961 -- Trials, litigation, etc | Segregation -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Topeka (Kan.). -- Board of Education -- Trials, litigation, etc | United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century | United States. -- Supreme CourtGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Brown V. Board of Education and the Civil Rights Movement : The Supreme Court and the Struggle for Racial Equality "DDC classification: 800 LOC classification: KF4757.K58 2007Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Cover -- Tite Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- One The Jim Crow Era -- Two World War II -- Three Brown v. Board of Education -- Four Brown II and Subsequent Desegregation Developments -- Five Brown's Direct Effects -- Six Brown's Indirect Effects -- Seven Brown's Backlash -- Eight Why Massive Resistance? -- Nine Brown, Violence, and Civil Rights Legislation -- Conclusion -- Note on Sources -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: A splendid account of the Supreme Court's rulings on race in the first half of the twentieth century, From Jim Crow To Civil Rights earned rave reviews and won the Bancroft Prize for History in 2005. Now, in this marvelously abridged, paperback edition, Michael J. Klarman has compressed his acclaimed study into tight focus around one major case--Brown v. Board of Education--making the path-breaking arguments of his original work accessible to a broader audience of general readers and students.
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Cover -- Tite Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- One The Jim Crow Era -- Two World War II -- Three Brown v. Board of Education -- Four Brown II and Subsequent Desegregation Developments -- Five Brown's Direct Effects -- Six Brown's Indirect Effects -- Seven Brown's Backlash -- Eight Why Massive Resistance? -- Nine Brown, Violence, and Civil Rights Legislation -- Conclusion -- Note on Sources -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index.

A splendid account of the Supreme Court's rulings on race in the first half of the twentieth century, From Jim Crow To Civil Rights earned rave reviews and won the Bancroft Prize for History in 2005. Now, in this marvelously abridged, paperback edition, Michael J. Klarman has compressed his acclaimed study into tight focus around one major case--Brown v. Board of Education--making the path-breaking arguments of his original work accessible to a broader audience of general readers and students.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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