Jim Crow's Children: The Broken Promise of the Brown Decision
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| Rating | : | 4.70 (984 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0142003751 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 400 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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Very well done though I had two qualms P. Meltzer This book is clearly the result of a great deal of thought and effortand I recommend it to anyone interested in the subject. It really causes one to question the commonly held assumption (at least perhaps among whites) that all of the issues involving forced segregation and the negative consequences that flowed therefrom more or less evaporated in 1954 or shortly thereafter. Quite to the contrary, the. Steven J. Drahozal said Good History, So-so Social Analysis. In high school, college and to some extent in law school, the Brown decision was presented as some sort of cultural epiphany during which our nation woke up and realized that racial classifications were wrong. Although the Brown decision certainly marks a turning point in race relations as well as constitutional jurisprudence, it is less national self-realization than the culmination of concentrated e. "Poignant Book Report" according to Scott G. Beckley. BOOK SUMMARY - this paragon is a compilation of court cases, impact and results, of: segregation, integration, desegregation, federal vs. state powers, black vs. white imbalance, and urban vs. rural education with respect to race. This is a powerful book, which will encourage you to challenge your own educational background and to reminisce about your own upbringing, whether your race is black or whit
Gripping stories of internecine Supreme Court battles as well as the "war against the constitution" waged by Southern politicians who defied Brown punctuate this account, which ends with a cogent overview of recent studies indicating the win-win benefits of integration. Irons supplies fascinating and vital contexts for his narrative, beginning with examples of how slave literacy was clearly connected to slave revolts and other demands for freedom. Further, in response to the often violent battles around school busing and a clear rise of conservatism in the country, Irons argues that in 1991 the court began "judicial burial" of Brown by setting precedents that continued to allow segregated schools. Board of Education, the 1954 Supreme Court decision that mandated the desegregation of U.S. He looks in detail at how the politics of nominating Supreme Cour
Board of Education of Topeka. In 1954 the U.S. Weaving together vivid portraits of lawyers and such judges as Thurgood Marshall and Earl Warren, sketches of numerous black children throughout history whose parents joined lawsuits against Jim Crow schools, and gripping courtroom drama scenes, Irons shows how the erosion of the Brown decision—especially by the Court’s rulings over the past three decades—has led to the “resegregation” of public education in America.. So goes the conventional wisdom. Supreme Court sounded the death knell for school segregation with its decision in Brown v