{"product_id":"brown-v-board-of-education-a-civil-rights-milestone-and-its-troubled-legacy-paperback","title":"Brown V. Board of Education: A Civil Rights Milestone and Its Troubled Legacy - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames T. Patterson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2004 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Supreme Court's unanimous decision to end segregation in public schools. Many people were elated when Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren delivered \u003cem\u003eBrown v. Board of Education of Topeka\u003c\/em\u003e in May 1954, the ruling that struck down state-sponsored\u003cbr\u003eracial segregation in America's public schools. Thurgood Marshall, chief attorney for the black families that launched the litigation, exclaimed later, \"I was so happy, I was numb.\" The novelist Ralph Ellison wrote, \"another battle of the Civil War has been won. The rest is up to us and I'm very\u003cbr\u003eglad. What a wonderful world of possibilities are unfolded for the children!\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere, in a concise, moving narrative, Bancroft Prize-winning historian James T. Patterson takes readers through the dramatic case and its fifty-year aftermath. A wide range of characters animates the story, from the little-known African Americans who dared to challenge Jim Crow with lawsuits (at\u003cbr\u003egreat personal cost); to Thurgood Marshall, who later became a Justice himself; to Earl Warren, who shepherded a fractured Court to a unanimous decision. Others include segregationist politicians like Governor Orval Faubus of Arkansas; Presidents Eisenhower, Johnson, and Nixon; and controversial\u003cbr\u003eSupreme Court justices such as William Rehnquist and Clarence Thomas. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMost Americans still see \u003cem\u003eBrown\u003c\/em\u003e as a triumph--but was it? Patterson shrewdly explores the provocative questions that still swirl around the case. Could the Court--or President Eisenhower--have done more to ensure compliance with \u003cem\u003eBrown\u003c\/em\u003e? Did the decision touch off the modern civil rights movement? How\u003cbr\u003euseful are court-ordered busing and affirmative action against racial segregation? To what extent has racial mixing affected the academic achievement of black children? Where indeed do we go from here to realize the expectations of Marshall, Ellison, and others in 1954?\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJames T. Patterson\u003c\/strong\u003e won the Bancroft Prize in History for \u003cem\u003eGrand Expectations: The United States, 1945-1974\u003c\/em\u003e. He is the author of numerous books concerning modern American life, he is Ford Foundation Professor of History at Brown University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 9.34 x 6.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 12, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50756125098290,"sku":"9780195156324","price":51.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0961\/1608\/0946\/files\/Zzlhb2VuMVFOSzlmRmNVdHpudHA3Zz09.webp?v=1766742921","url":"https:\/\/deskinlawfirm.com\/products\/brown-v-board-of-education-a-civil-rights-milestone-and-its-troubled-legacy-paperback","provider":"DLF Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}