An End and a Beginning: The Fiftieth Anniversary of Brown v. Board.... James H. Landman.
by Landman, James H; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 3Global Issues. Publisher: Social Education, 2004ISSN: 1522-3221;.Subject(s): Anniversaries | Brown v. Board of Education | National Association for the Advancement of Colore | Plessy v. Ferguson | Segregation in education | United States Supreme Court -- Decisions -- Civil rightsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "On May 17, 2004, the United States will observe the fiftieth anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. By invalidating the doctrine of 'separate but equal' in the field of public education, a doctrine that had been approved by the same court nearly sixty years earlier in Plessy v. Ferguson, the Brown decision removed the legal foundation for the system of official segregation--the infamous 'Jim Crow' laws--that dictated the structure of race relations across much of our nation." (SOCIAL EDUCATION) This article examines the court cases that led to the establishment, and later the abolition, of segregation in public schools.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: An End and a Beginning: The Fiftieth Anniversary of Brown v. Board..., Jan./Feb. 2004; pp. 17+.
"On May 17, 2004, the United States will observe the fiftieth anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. By invalidating the doctrine of 'separate but equal' in the field of public education, a doctrine that had been approved by the same court nearly sixty years earlier in Plessy v. Ferguson, the Brown decision removed the legal foundation for the system of official segregation--the infamous 'Jim Crow' laws--that dictated the structure of race relations across much of our nation." (SOCIAL EDUCATION) This article examines the court cases that led to the establishment, and later the abolition, of segregation in public schools.
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