Brown v. Board of Education: A Brief History with Documents, Vol. 1 FROM THE PUBLISHER
The effects of desegregation and the legacy of the civil rights movement continue to influence American race relations more than thirty years after Brown v. Board of Education, arguably the most significant legal decision of the twentieth century. This brief volume reprints documents from and about the Brown case along with a number of relevant works by W.E.B. Du Bois, Zora Neale Hurston, and the NAACP to illustrate the myriad responses - then and now - to the African American struggle for equality. A general introduction analyzes the case's legal precedents and situates the case in the historical context of Jim Crow discrimination and the burgeoning development of the NAACP. Photographs, a collection of political cartoons, a chronology, questions for consideration, a bibliography, and an index are also included.
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Martin (history, U. of California-Berkeley) presents a multi- layered brief account of the historical and cultural significance of the landmark legal decision, with analysis of the case's legal precedents, reprinted documents from and about the case (including responses from such eminent thinkers as W. E. B. Du Bois and Zora Neale Hurston), b&w photos, a chronology, and questions. Distributed by St. Martin's Press. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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