Brown v. Board of Education

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Many people were elated when Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren delivered Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka in May 1954, the ruling that struck down state-sponsored racial segregation in America's public schools. Thurgood Marshall, chief attorney for the black families that launchedthe litigation, exclaimed later, "I was so happy, I was numb." The novelist Ralph Ellison wrote, "another battle of the Civil War has been won. The rest is up to us and I'm very glad. What a wonderful world of possibilities are unfolded for the children!" Here, in a concise, compelling narrative, Bancroft Prize-winning historian James T. Patterson takes readers through the dramatic case and its fifty-year aftermath...

subjects: Desegregatie,  Supreme Court (VS),  Droits,  Topeka (Kansas). Board of Education,  Civil rights,  Law and legislation,  Juridische aspecten,  Ségrégation en éducation,  Topeka (Kan.). Board of Education,  African Americans,  Discrimination en éducation,  Noirs américains,  Trials, litigation,  Segregation in education,  Discrimination in education,  History,  Topeka (Kansas),  Procès, instances,  Histoire,  Droit,  Nonfiction,  Topeka (Kan.).,  Scholen,  Politics and government,  Social aspects,  Southern unionists,  United States,  Whites,  Political activity,  Slaves,  Social conditions,  United States. Army,  Unionists (United States Civil War),  Afro-Americans,  United States. Army -- Southern unionists,  Slaves -- Southern States -- Political activity -- History -- 19th century,  African Americans -- Southern States -- Politics and government -- 19th century,  Whites -- Southern States -- Politics and government -- 19th century,  Confederate States of America -- Politics and government,  Confederate States of America -- Social conditions,  United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects,  USA,  Schule,  Rechtsprechung,  Bildung,  Deutschland,  Rassendiskriminierung,  Statut juridique,  Procès,  États-Unis,  Rassentrennung,  USA Supreme Court,  États-Unis. Supreme Court,  Deutschland Grenzschutzkommando Mitte Schule,  Amerikaanse burgeroorlog,  Dissidenten,  Unionisme,  Armed Forces,  American Civil War (1861-1865) fast (OCoLC)fst01351658,  Negers,  United states, army,  Confederate states of america,  United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865,  Educational law and legislation, united states,  White people

People: Oliver Brown (1918-),  Oliver Brown (1918-1961)

Places: United States,  États-Unis