From the Grassroots to the Supreme Court: Brown V. Board of Education and American Democracy

Book Overview

Perhaps more than any other Supreme Court ruling, Brown v. Board of Education, the 1954 decision declaring the segregation of public schools unconstitutional, highlighted both the possibilities and the limitations of American democracy. This collection of sixteen original essays by historians and legal scholars takes the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of Brown to reconsider the history and legacy of that landmark decision. From...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822334496
• ISBN13: 9780822334491
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.3"