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After a black third grader named Linda Brown was refused admission to an all-white school in 1950, the NAACP filed a lawsuit on her behalf. Brown v. Board of Education: The Struggle for Equal Education examines the individual stories behind this historic case, details of the Supreme Court decision, various challenges to the ruling around the country, and Linda Brown's legacy. Additional features to aid comprehension include a table of contents, informative...
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Discusses defining moments in American history. In these accessible history books, the moments that have defined the US are examined in detail, including numerous photos & diagrams, maps, easy-to-read text, and more. Perfect for students and young patrons examining what made that day, era, or event an American moment.
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An evocative chronicle of the battle that led to America's landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling shares insights into the abuses of the "separate but equal" system and how such courageous activists as Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois helped end legal segregation.
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"On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court of the United States delivered a unanimous ruling that declared racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional, because separate could never be equal. Now readers can step back in time to learn about what led up to this major milestone in the Civil Rights movement, how the landmark case unfolded, and the ways in which one critical day changed America forever"--
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"In 1954, one of the most significant Supreme Court decisions of the twentieth Century aimed to end school segregation in the United States. Although known as Brown v. Board of Education, the ruling applied not just to the case of Linda Carol Brown, an African American third grader refused entry to an all-white Topeka, Kansas school, but to cases involving children in South Carolina, Delaware, Virginia, and Washington, DC"--Dust jacket flap.
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The Brown v. Board of Education decision comes to mind whenever the topic of landmarks of the American civil rights movement is discussed. The 1954 Supreme Court decision declared it unconstitutional to segregate public school students, opening the door for many other civil rights advances after that. This thoughtful and informative book details the history of the case as well as its impact on the quickly changing America of the 1950s and 1960s. The...
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