Social Scientists for Social Justice: Making the Case Against Segregation

by John P. Jackson Jr.

Book Overview

In one of the twentieth century's landmark Supreme Court cases, Brown v. Board of Education, social scientists such as Kenneth Clark helped to convince the Supreme Court Justices of the debilitating psychological effects of racism and segregation. John P. Jackson, Jr., examines the well-known studies used in support of Brown, such as Clark's famous "doll tests," as well as decades of research on race which lead up to the case. Jackson reveals the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081474267X
• ISBN13: 9780814742679
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 291 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"