| Description |
viii, 238 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Note |
Essays originally presented at a conference on Brown at Forty, held at Amherst College, December 1994. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Continuing contest about race in American law and culture: on reading the meaning of Brown / Austin Sarat -- Performing interpretation: a legacy of civil rights lawyering in Brown v. Board of Education / Peggy Cooper Davis -- Brown in context / Lawrence M. Friedman -- From Brown to Casey: the U.S. Supreme Court and the burdens of history / David J. Garrow -- Brown and the harm of legal segregation / George Kateb -- Triumph and transformation of antidiscrimination law / Paul Gewirtz -- Social engineers or corporate tools? Brown v. Board of Education and the conscience of the black corporate bar / David B. Wilkins -- Federal life: Brown and the nationalization of the life story / Carol J. Greenhouse -- Cultural imperialism, white anxiety, and the ideological realignment of Brown / Gary Peller -- Can the tactics of cultural integration counter the persistence of political apartheid? Or, the multicultural wars, part two / Hazel Carby. |
| Subject |
Brown, Oliver, 1918-1961 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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Topeka (Kan.). Board of Education -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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Segregation in education -- Law and legislation.
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Race discrimination -- Law and legislation.
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United States -- Race relations.
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| Added Author |
Sarat, Austin.
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| ISBN |
0195106229 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0195106210 (alk. paper) |
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