Brown v. Board of Education: A Civil Rights Milestone and Its Troubled Legacy.(Review) (book review)
American Prospect, The, May, 2001 by KAHLENBERG, RICHARD D.
Brown v. Board of Education: A Civil Rights Milestone and Its Troubled Legacy, by James T. Patterson.
Oxford University Press, 285 pages, $27.50.
THE FALL AND RISE OF SCHOOL SEGREGATION
What are we to think of Brown v. Board of Education nearly a half-century after the Supreme Court handed down the decision? On the one hand, the momentous ruling of May 17, 1954, ushered in a sweeping transformation, striking down state laws that required racially segregated public schools and helping accelerate a sea change in attitudes toward race. Consider how public opinion has ...
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