segregation in education

Argues that the Supreme Court has undermined the "Brown v. Board of Education" ruling, "resegregating" schools and contributing to racial strife; examines the history of the fight against Jim Crow education and includes interviews with students from the "Brown" case communities at the start of the twenty-first century.

Explains the history of segregation in the United States and cases that tested the law allowing "separate but equal" treatment, including the five cases that came together as Brown v. Board of Education.

Photographs, diagrams, timelines, and first-hand accounts describe the 1954 Supreme Court case Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, that was instrumental in breaking down school segregation laws across America.

Examines the 1954 Supreme Court decision of "Brown vs. Board of Education" that ended segregation in U.S. public schools, discusses events that led to the case being brought before the Court, and looks at how school districts responded to the ruling.

Contains twelve essays written in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of "Brown v. Board of Education" in which various scholars discuss the history and legacy of the 1954 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that legally enforced racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional.

Traces the history of "Jim Crow" laws and the most important court decisions concerning them from 1896 to the present.

Examination of schools across the country whose children are from poor families in the inner city and the less affluent suburbs.

Details the events resulting in the court cases which led to the 1954 Supreme Court decision decreeing school integration.

Examines Supreme Court decisions in school integration cases from "Brown v. Board of Education" in 1954 to the Bakke case in 1977.

Presents the history of the struggle against segregation in education.