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50th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education

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.'

 

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
KF4155 .B4x

Ely, James W., Jr. The Crisis of Conservative Virginia: The Byrd Organization and the Politics of Massive Resistance
LC214.22 .V8 E48

Foster, Vonita White and Gerald Anthony Foster. Silent Trumpets of Justice: Integration’s Failure in Prince Edward County
LC214.22 .V8 F67 1993

Graglia, Lino A. Disaster by Decree: The Supreme Court Decisions on Race and the Schools
KF4154 .G7

Hochschild, Jennifer L. Thirty Years After Brown
KF4155 .H58 1985

Irons, Peter. Jim Crow’s Children: The Broken Promise of the Brown Decision
KF4155 .I758 2002

“It’s Just Me”: The Integration of the Arlington Public Schools (videorecording)
LC214.23 .A75 1875x 2001

Jackson Davis and the Lost World of Jim Crow Education
LC2802 .S9 J33x 2000

Kilpatrick, James Jackson. The Southern Case for School Segregation
E185.61 .K5

Kluger, Richard. Simple Justice: The History of Brown v. Board of Education and Black America’s Struggle for Equality
KF4155 .K55 1976

The Moderates’ Delimma: Massive Resistance to School Desegregation in Virginia
LC214.22 .V8 M63 1998

Muse, Benjamin. Virginia’s Massive Resistance
LA379 .M986

Orfield, Gary, Susan Eaton and the Harvard Project on School Desegregation. Dismantling Desegregation: The Quiet Reversal of Brown v. Board of Education
LC212.62 .O72 1996

Patterson, James T. Brown v. Board of Education: A Civil Rights Milestone and Iit’s Troubled Legacy
KF 4155 .P38 2001

Simple Justice (videorecording)
KF4155 .S55x 1993

Smith, Bob. They Closed Their Schools: Prince Edward County, Virginia, 1951 – 1964
LA380 .P74 S6

Sullivan, Neil V. Bound for Freedom: An Educator’s Adventures in Prince Edward County, Virginia
LA380 .P74 S8

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