Brown v. Board of Education: A Brief History with Documents
This book addresses the origins, development, meanings, and consequences of the 1954 Supreme Court decision to end Jim Crow segregation. Using legal documents to frame the debates surrounding the case, Waldo Martin presents Brown v. Board of Education as an event, a symbol, and a key marker in the black liberation struggle.
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This book addresses the origins, development, meanings, and consequences of the 1954 Supreme Court decision to end Jim Crow segregation. Using legal documents to frame the debates surrounding the case, Waldo Martin presents Brown v. Board of Education as an event, a symbol, and a key marker in the black liberation struggle.BooknewsMartin (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.
ForewordPrefaceIntroduction: Shades of Brown: Black Freedom, White Supremacy, and the Law11Roberts v. City of Boston (1849)42A Petition on Behalf of Black Inclusion in the Boston Common Schools, October 17, 178742A Black Teacher's Travail, 1850s43Fugitive Slave Poster, 185145Brief for Public School Integration, 184947Opinion of the Court in Roberts v. City of Boston, 1849572Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)61"Civil Rights: The Outrage of the Supreme Court of the United States upon the Black Man," 188961"The Case Stated," 189568"We Wear the Mask," 189574Majority Opinion in Plessy v. Ferguson, 189676Dissenting Opinion in Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896813Sweatt v. Painter (1950) and McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents (1950)87"Letters of Negro Migrants of 1916-1918," 191987"I, Too," 192690Does the Negro Need Separate Schools?" 193591From An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy, 1944102The Petitioner's Brief in Sweatt v. Painter, 1950110Opinion of the Court in Sweatt v. Painter, 1950116Opinion of the Court in McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents, 19501184Brown v. Board of Education (1952-55)121Mississippi Voter Registration Form, 1955123Decision in Briggs v. Elliott, 1951126Dissent in Briggs v. Elliott, 1951131Round One: Setting the Stage137Round Two: Reargument on Original Intent and Possible Relief156Opinion of the Court in Brown v. Board of Education, May 17, 1954168Round Three: Reargument on Remedy - Immediate or Gradual?175Ruling on Relief, May 31, 19551945Popular Response to Brown199Newspaper Editorials199Letters to Editors207Political Cartoons212White Backlash218National Progress Report: Realizing Integrated Schools223Epilogue: The Legacy of Brown230AppChronology of Events Related to Brown v. Board of Education238Selected Bibliography241Index247
\ BooknewsMartin (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.\ \
