trials, litigation, etc

"When the father of Linda Brown, an African American, sued to let his child go to a white school closer to home, history was made. When the court decided that separate was inherently unequal, the world changed for many students across America. Readers will learn what led up to the case, how the case made it to the Supreme Court, and how this case changed everything when it came to race equality in the United States. Also included are questions to consider, primary source documents, and a chronology of the case"--Amazon.com.

Describes the Supreme Court case of West Virginia State Board of Education versus Barnette and the relationship between the First Amendment and whether or not Americans have to participate in symbolic speech, such as a flag salute.

Describes the Supreme Court case Hustler Magazine versus Falwell and the relationship between the First Amendment and the parody of public figures.

Contains a play about Grace Fryer in court looking for justice from her mysterious disease, focusing on the thought of radium poisoning being the cause.

Examines the history of school integration in the United States and the landmark Supreme Court decision in the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka case of 1954.

Your students will explore the complexities of the debates over affirmative action, analyze the legal justifications from the legal system's highest authorities, and ultimately be able to craft their own understandings and arguments surrounding this policy.

". . . details the history of [Brown v. Board of Education] as well as its impact on the quickly changing America of the 1950s and 1960s"--OCLC.

"The road to civil rights in the United States went down many paths, but one of the most important ones involved schools. For years, African Americans were forced to study in separate, inferior schools, sentencing many of them to a life of poverty without hope of upward mobility. This volume allows readers to examine how that outlook changed in the middle of the twentieth century. Readers will learn why the old system went unchallenged for so long and how the schools in the United States finally opened their doors to all"--Provided by publisher.

"When the father of Linda Brown, an African American, sued to let his child go to a white school closer to home, history was made. When the court decided that separate was inherently unequal, the world changed for many students across America. Readers will learn what led up to the case, how the case made it to the Supreme Court, and how this case changed everything when it came to race equality in the United States. Also included are questions to consider, primary source documents, and a chronology of the case"--Amazon.com.

Profiles famed civil rights lawyer Thurgood Marshall, whose successful arguing of the Brown v. Board of Education case before the U.S. Supreme Court led to a landmark ruling overturning school segregation, and later became the nation's first black Supreme Court justice.