Brown v. Board of Education : a Civil Rights Milestone and Its Troubled Legacy.

Many people were elated when Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren delivered Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka in May 1954, the ruling that struck down state-sponsored racial segregation in America's public schools. Thurgood Marshall, chief attorney for the black families that launchedthe...

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Main Author: Patterson, James T.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Series:Pivotal moments in American history.
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