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1	Deculturalization and the Struggle for Equality: A Brief Hisdeculturalization and the Struggle for Equality: A Brief History of the Education of Dominated Cultures in the United Sttory of the Education of Dominated Cultures in the United States more books like this by Joel Spring, Spring Joel add to wishlist This text is a concise history of Anglo American racism and school policies affecting dominated groups in the United States. It focuses on the educational, legal, and social construction of race and racism, and on educational practices related to deculturalization, segregation, and the civil rights movement. Spring emphasizes issues of power and ... see all copies from $5.00! new only from $13.89!
2	Simple Justice more books like this by Richard Kluger add to wishlist The Supreme Court decision of Brown vs. Board of Education that outlawed school segregation and culminated a century long social and legal struggle to establish black equality in the U.S. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.76! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Simple Justice: The History of Brown V. Board of Education and Black America's Struggle for Equality more books like this by Richard Kluger add to wishlist This revised and expanded edition of a monumentally important work of American history tells the full, galvanizing story of "Brown v. Board of Education," from its legal and cultural roots to the complex personalities involved in the ruling. see all copies from $7.80! new only from $14.85! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Jim Crow's Children: The Broken Promise of the Brown Decision more books like this by Peter H Irons add to wishlist This award-winning study weaves together vivid portraits of lawyers and judges, sketches of numerous black children throughout history, and gripping courtroom drama scenes to reveal why schools are more segregated today than they were before "Brown v. Board of Education." see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.00! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Can We Talk about Race?: And Other Conversations in an Era of School Resegregation more books like this by Beverly Daniel Tatum, Ph.D. add to wishlist The bestselling author of "Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?" now offers a warning call about the increasing but underreported resegregation of America, and examines some of the most resonant issues in education and race relations. (African-American Studies)Beacon Press see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Brown V. Board of Education: A Brief History with Documents more books like this by St Martins Press, Waldo E Martin, Jr. add to wishlist Brown v Board of Education of Topeka was one of the most important legal decisions in the US of this century, and the effects of desegregation and the legacy of the civil rights movement still influences race relations today. In this book, over 30 primary documents place the Brown case in its historical context with both contemporary and ... see all copies from $2.00! new only from $13.45! \| SVS
7	Jim Crow Moves North: The Battle Over Northern School Segregation, 1865-1954 more books like this by Davison M Douglas add to wishlist A history of various efforts to desegregate northern schools during the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century, exploring two dominant themes. The first considers the role of law in accomplishing racial change. Most northern state legislatures enacted legislation after the Civil War that prohibited school segregation and ... see all copies from $2.70! new only from $2.70! \| SVS
8	Silent Covenants: Brown V. Board of Edcuation and the Unfulfilled Hopes for Racial Reform more books like this by Derrick Bell add to wishlist On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court unanimously declared that separate educational facilities are "inherently unequal" and, as such, violate the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees all citizens "equal protection of the laws". Hailed as a landmark decision, Brown vs. Board Education promised the nation's citizens ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.87! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Ever Is a Long Time: A Journey Into Mississippi's Dark Past more books like this by W Ralph Eubanks add to wishlist A gripping memoir of coming of age in Mississippi in the Civil Rights era, and a startling look at the once secret files of the State Sovereignty Commission. Like the renowned classics Praying for Sheetrock and North Toward Home , Ever Is a Long Time captures the spirit and feel of a small Southern town divided by racism and violence in the midst ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.25! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Fifty-Eight Lonely Men: Southern Federal Judges and School Desegregation more books like this by J W Peltason add to wishlist see all copies from $4.41! new only from $37.90! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	School Resegregation: Must the South Turn Back? more books like this by John Charles Boger (Editor), Gary Orfield (Editor) add to wishlist Public education at the crossroads Confronting a reality that many policy makers would prefer to ignore, contributors to this volume offer the latest information on the trend toward the racial and socioeconomic resegregation of southern schools. In the region that has achieved more widespread public school integration than any other since 1970, ... see all copies from $4.72! new only from $6.98! \| SVS
12 view cover	A Time to Lose: Representing Kansas in Brown V. Board of Education more books like this by Paul E Wilson add to wishlist This memoir opens up a previously hidden side to what many consider the most important Supreme Court decision of the 20th century. Wilson reflects upon his role as the Kansas assistant attorney general assigned to "defend the indefensible" - legally sanctioned racial segregation in US schools. see all copies from $3.00! new only from $25.16! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Forced Justice: School Desegregation and the Law more books like this by David J Armor add to wishlist School desegregation and "forced" busing first brought people to the barricades during the 1960s and 1970s, and the idea continues to spark controversy today whenever it is proposed. A quiet rage smolders in hundreds of public school systems, where court- ordered busing plans have been in place for over twenty years. Intended to remedy the social ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| first editions \| SVS
14	Faubus: The Life and Times of American Prodigal more books like this by Roy Reed add to wishlist A biography of the controversial Governor of Arkansas, who began his political career as a reformer but only achieved national prominence for his opposition to integration, and his defiance of the Supreme Court's Brown vs. the Board of Education ruling and the federal agents sent to the state to implement it. see all copies from $4.99! new only from $9.88! \| first editions
15 view cover	Separate But Not Equal more books like this by James Haskins add to wishlist This moving history of the struggle of African Americans for equal education rights from colonial times to the present is from an award-winning author of over 80 nonfiction books for young readers. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Brown V Board more books like this by Leon Friedman, Waldo E Martin, Jr. add to wishlist On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the landmark decision, the transcripts of the oral arguments made before the Supreme Court are now available to a general reading audience. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.98! \| first editions
17	Social Science in Court: Mobilizing Experts in the School Desegregation Cases more books like this by Mark A Chesler, Professor Joseph Sanders, Debra S Kalmuss add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
18 view cover	After Brown: The Rise and Retreat of School Desegregation more books like this by Charles T Clotfelter add to wishlist The United States Supreme Court's 1954 landmark decision, Brown v. Board of Education, set into motion a process of desegregation that would eventually transform American public schools. This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of how Brown's most visible effect - contact between students of different racial groups - has ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.98! \| SVS
19 view cover	It is so ordered: the Supreme Court rules on school segregation more books like this by Daniel M Berman add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.81! \| first editions \| SVS
20	Now is the Time: Integration in the Berkeley Schools, more books like this by Neil V Sullivan add to wishlist see all copies from $3.05! first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	NAACP's Legal Strategy Against Segregated Education, 1925-1950 more books like this by Mark V Tushnet add to wishlist The NAACP's fight against segregated education - the first public interest litigation campaign - culminated in the 1954 Brown decision. While touching on the general social, political, and economic climate in which the NAACP acted, Mark V. Tushnet emphasizes the internal workings of the organization as revealed in its own documents. He argues that ... see all copies from $4.98! new only from $15.84! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Forced to Fail: The Paradox of School Desegregation more books like this by Stephen J Caldas, Carl L Bankston, III add to wishlist The book traces the long legal history of first racial segregation, and then racial desegregation in America. The authors explain how rapidly changing demographics and family structure in the United States have greatly complicated the project of top-down government efforts to achieve an "ideal" racial balance in schools. It describes how social ... see all copies from $2.00! new only from $2.00! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	From the Grassroots to the Supreme Court: Brown V. Board of Education and American Democracy more books like this by Peter Lau (Editor), Peter F Lau (Editor), Neal Devins (Editor) add to wishlist Perhaps more than any other Supreme Court ruling, Brown v. the Board of Education, the 1954 decision declaring the segregation of public schools unconstitutional, highlighted both the possibilities and the limitations of American democracy. This collection of sixteen original essays takes the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of Brown to ... see all copies from $11.50! new only from $34.74!
24 view cover	Complex Justice: The Case of Missouri V. Jenkins more books like this by Joshua M Dunn add to wishlist This title shows the federal court's most expensive attempt at school desegregation. In 1987, Judge Russell Clark mandated tax increases to help pay for improvements to the Kansas City, Missouri, School District in an effort to lure white students and quality teachers back to the inner-city district. Yet, even after increasing employee salaries ... see all copies from $13.45! new only from $14.00! \| SVS
25 view cover	The Moderates' Dilemma: Massive Resistance to School Desegregation in Virginia more books like this by Matthew D Lassiter (Editor), Andrew B Lewis (Editor), Paul M Gaston (Foreword by) add to wishlist In 1958, facing court-ordered integration, a Virginia governor closed public schools in three cities. White moderates quickly protested against the school closings and eventually defeated the resistance to school desegregation in 1959. This text explores this period in the history of Virginia. see all copies from $16.95! new only from $16.95! \| SVS

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