Peter Irons, acclaimed historian and author of A People History of the Supreme Court, explores of one of the supreme court's most important decisions and its disappointing aftermath

In 1954 the U.S. Supreme Court sounded the death knell for school segregation with its decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. So goes the conventional wisdom. Weaving together vivid portraits of lawyers and such judges as Thurgood Marshall and Earl Warren, sketches of numerous black children throughout history whose parents joined lawsuits against Jim Crow schools, and gripping courtroom drama scenes, Irons shows how the erosion of the Brown decision--especially by the Court's rulings over the past three decades--has led to the "resegregation" of public education in America.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 01/27/2004
ISBN: 9780142003756
Pages: 400
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 1.00d

Review Citations: New York Times 02/29/2004 pg. 24