With all deliberate speed : implementing Brown v. Board of Education /
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| Imprint: | Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 2008. |
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| Description: | xvi, 339 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7178582 |
| Summary: | This is the first effort to provide a broad assessment of how well the Brown v. Board of Education decision that declared an end to segregated schools in the United States was implemented. Written by a distinguished group of historians, the twelve essays in this collection examine how African Americans and their supporters in twelve states--Arkansas, North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Florida, Delaware, Missouri, Indiana, Nevada, and Wisconsin--dealt with the Court's mandate to desegregate "with all deliberate speed." The process followed many diverse paths.<br> <br> <br> <br> Some of the common themes in these efforts were the importance of black activism, especially the crucial role played by the NAACP; entrenched white opposition to school integration, which wasn't just a southern state issue, as is shown in Delaware, Wisconsin, and Indiana; and the role of the federal government, a sometimes inconstant and sometimes reluctant source of support for implementing Brown . |
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 339 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-327) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781557288684 1557288682 9781557288691 1557288690 |
