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On May 17, 1954, the United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision that stated, in Justice Earl Warren's words, "..in the field of public education, the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place." Learn more about this historic decision, the circumstances and events that led up to it, and the legacy of Brown v. Board of Education. For more information, check out the website NPR: The Supreme Court and 'Brown v. Board of Ed.'
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| April 2004 | Anderson, James D. The Education of Blacks in the
South, 1860 – 1935 LC2802 .S9 A53 1988 Berman, Daniel M. It is So Ordered: The Supreme Court Rules on School
Segregation Ely, James W., Jr. The Crisis of Conservative Virginia: The Byrd Organization
and the Politics of Massive Resistance Foster, Vonita White and Gerald Anthony Foster. Silent Trumpets of Justice:
Integration’s
Failure in Prince Edward County Graglia, Lino A. Disaster by Decree: The Supreme Court Decisions on
Race and the Schools Hochschild, Jennifer L. Thirty Years After Brown Irons, Peter. Jim Crow’s Children: The Broken Promise of the Brown
Decision “It’s Just Me”: The Integration of the Arlington Public
Schools (videorecording) Jackson Davis and the Lost World of Jim Crow Education Kilpatrick, James Jackson. The Southern Case for School Segregation Kluger, Richard. Simple Justice: The History of Brown v. Board of Education
and Black America’s Struggle for Equality The Moderates’ Delimma: Massive Resistance to School Desegregation
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Virginia Muse, Benjamin. Virginia’s Massive Resistance Orfield, Gary, Susan Eaton and the Harvard Project on School Desegregation. Dismantling
Desegregation: The Quiet Reversal of Brown v. Board of Education Patterson, James T. Brown v. Board of Education: A Civil Rights Milestone
and Iit’s Troubled Legacy Simple Justice (videorecording) Smith, Bob. They Closed Their Schools: Prince Edward County, Virginia, 1951 – 1964 Sullivan, Neil V. Bound for Freedom: An Educator’s Adventures
in Prince Edward County, Virginia |
Northern Virginia Community
College
Alexandria Campus Library
Displays organized by Sylvia
Rortvedt.
Webpage created by Beth Weixler.
Last updated April 7, 2004.