Torres, John Albert,

Desegregating schools : Brown v. Board of Education / John A. Torres and Sarah Betsy Fuller. - 1 online resource (128 pages) : illustrations (some color), portraits. - Gale virtual reference library US Supreme Court landmark cases . - US Supreme Court landmark cases. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ch. 1. Whites only school -- ch. 2. Questions of integration and segregation -- ch. 3. The case for Linda Brown and others -- ch. 4. Top lawyer makes case against mixed schools -- ch. 5. Bringing together opposing minds -- ch. 6. A landmark decision -- ch. 7. The decision's aftershock.

Readers will learn what led up to the Brown v. Board of Education case, how the case made it to the Supreme Court, and how this case changed everything when it came to race equality in the United States. Also included are questions to consider, primary source documents, and a chronology of the case.

9780766084223 9780766084230


Brown, Oliver, 1918-1961 --Trials, litigation, etc.


Topeka (Kan.). Board of Education --Trials, litigation, etc.


African Americans--Civil rights.
Segregation in education--Law and legislation--United States.

KF228.B76 / T67 2017

344.73/0798

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