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Jim Crow's Children: The Broken Promise of the Brown Decision

Jim Crow's Children: The Broken Promise of the Brown Decision


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Peter Irons, acclaimed historian and author of A People History of the Supreme Court, explores of one of the supreme court's most important decisions and its disappointing aftermath In 1954 the U.S. Supreme Court sounded the death knell for school segregation with its decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. So goes the conventional wisdom. 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.

Table of Contents:
Preface: "Where Are the Buttonwood Kids?" Chapter 1: "Cut Yer Thumb er Finger Off" Chapter 2: "Forcibly Ejected from Said Coach" Chapter 3: "We Got a Good Bunch of Nigras Here" Chapter 4: "Give Me the Colored Doll" Chapter 5: "We Are Tired of Tar Paper Shacks" Chapter 6: "I Thanked God Right There and Then" Chapter 7: "Study Hard and Accept the Status Quo" Chapter 8: "We Only Took a Little Liberty" Chapter 9: "We Cannot Turn the Clock Back" Chapter 10: "War Against the Constitution" Chapter 11: "Too Much Deliberation and Not Enough Speed" Chapter 12: "Do Two Wrongs Make a Right?" Chapter 13: "Two Cities - One White, the Other Black" Chapter 14: "Too Swift and Too Soon" Chapter 15: "Doing the White Man's Thing" Chapter 16: "The Court's Ruling Remains Unfulfilled" Conclusion: "The Goal Is Quality Education" Suggested Readings and Chapter Sources Index

About the Author :
Peter Irons is emeritus professor of political science at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of five previous award-winning books. The most recent, A People's History of the Supreme Court, was awarded the Silver Gavel Certificate of Merit by the American Bar Association. His work has also been published in numerous law reviews and presitigious journals. In addition to his extensive academic contributions, Irons has also been very active in public affairs. For example, he was elected to two terms on the national board of the American Civil Liberties Union and was a practicing civil rights and liberties attorney. In the latter role, he notably served as lead counsel in the successful effort to reverse the World War Two criminal convictions of Japanese-Americans who challenged the curfew and relocation orders.

Review :
"A book of sorrows—and of surpassing importance." -- Kirkus Reviews "Underscoring the long history of educational inequality that led to Brown v. Board, Irons argues that the quality and outcome of the public education currently offered to blacks are both still shaped by the enduring influence of Jim Crow laws and schools." -- The New York Times


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780142003756
  • Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Penguin USA
  • Height: 203 mm
  • No of Pages: 400
  • Spine Width: 21 mm
  • Weight: 367 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0142003751
  • Publisher Date: 27 Jan 2004
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: The Broken Promise of the Brown Decision
  • Width: 130 mm


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