A Time to Lose: Representing Kansas in Brown V. Board of Education

by Paul E. Wilson

This thoughtful and engaging memoir opens up a previously hidden side to what many consider the most important Supreme Court decision of the twentieth century. With quiet candor Paul Wilson reflects upon his role as the Kansas assistant attorney general assigned "to defend the indefensible"--the policy of "separate but equal" that was overturned on May 17, 1954, by Linda Brown's precedent-shattering suit.

The Brown decision ended legally...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700607099
• ISBN13: 9780700607099
• Release Date: March 1995
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

A Fine Human Interest Story

Paul Wilson wrote a great human interest account of a fascinating point in time and a major turning point in our nation's cultural evolution from his unique front-line view. I disagree with the reviewer from New York. We didn't need Mr. Wilson to write a profound historic text. He gave us exactly what only he, and he alone in all the world, could offer - the memories and experiences of a humble and good-hearted man, an earnest and thoughtful lawyer, who found himself to be a major player in a great event. Mr. Wilson writes very well, both in his chosen words in his work and in his description to us, his readers, of his 15 minutes of fame. His book is a treasure.