Brown v. Board of Education and the civil rights movement : abridged edition of From Jim Crow to civil rights : the Supreme Court and the struggle for racial equality
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0195307631
ISBN 13
9780195307634
DDC
344.73
Category
American Law
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Publication Year
2007
Publisher
Pages
284
Subject
Slavery and Civil Rights
Abstract
"[Author] has compressed his study of the Supreme Court's rulings on race into a tight foucs around one major case--Brown v. Board of Education. [author] goes behind the scenes to examine the justices' deliberations and recaps his famous backlash thesis, arguing that Brown was more important for mobilizing southern white opposition to change than for encouraging civil rights protest and that it was the resulting violence that transformed northern opinion and led to the landmark legislation of the 1960s. [author] also sheds light on broader questions such as how racial attitudes change over time; how much judicial decisions depend on legal, political, and peronal considerations; and the realtionship between Supreme Court decisions and social change."--Back cover.
Description
Content:
The Jim Crow Era -- World War II -- Brown v. Board of Education -- Brown II and subsequent desegregation developments -- Brown's direct effects -- Brown's indirect effects -- Brown's backlash -- Why massive resistance? -- Brown, violence, and civil rights legislation.
The Jim Crow Era -- World War II -- Brown v. Board of Education -- Brown II and subsequent desegregation developments -- Brown's direct effects -- Brown's indirect effects -- Brown's backlash -- Why massive resistance? -- Brown, violence, and civil rights legislation.
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-271) and index.
Number of Copies
1
