{"product_id":"charles-h-thompson-policy-entrepreneur-of-the-civil-rights-movement-9781611475210","title":"Charles H. Thompson: Policy Entrepreneur of the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring a period when African-American education was at the epicenter of the civil rights movement, Thompson’s Journal documented the rapid growth of educational discrimination in the South despite significant increases in public school funding, providing irrefutable evidence that racially segregated public education was inherently discriminatory, hence, unconstitutional. Between 1932 and 1954, Thompson’s editorials provided a nuanced, insider’s account of one of the most successful policy research ventures in American history: the movement to overturn racial segregation as public policy, chronicling the rise during the Depression, World War II and the postwar period of a policy community committed to expanding human rights nationally and internationally. A brilliant essayist, Thompson sought to close the gap between America’s democratic precepts and its undemocratic practices by molding public opinion favorable to a significant expansion of civil rights among scholars, policymakers and the public. An expert witness in several landmark higher education cases argued before the U. S. Supreme Court including Sipuel (1948), Sweatt (1950) and McLaurin (1950), Thompson’s editorials provided an informed, eyewitness account of African-American teachers’ pivotal role in the NAACP litigation campaign culminating in the landmark Brown et al v. Board of Education of Topeka et al (1954) desegregation ruling. This is the first, full-length study of Charles H. Thompson’s contributions to American education and the civil rights movement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[T]he author must be commended for his ability and willingness to convert his 405-page dissertation into a 201-page book that answers the underlying question: Was Charles H. Thompson a 'policy entrepreneur' of the civil rights movement during 1932-1954? The answer is a categorical and unequivocal yes! This book is a welcome addition to the collection of works by and about Thompson and should be read by those interested in the educational history of African Americans during that period as well as those interested in Charles H. Thompson and his works. * The Journal of Negro Education *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDEDICATION  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  PROLOGUE  CHAPTER 1: CHARLES HENRY THOMPSON, THE EARLY YEARS, 1895-1925  CHAPTER 2: HOWARD UNIVERSITY AND POLICY RESEARCH  CHAPTER 3: THE MENTORSHIP OF DWIGHT O. W. HOLMES  CHAPTER 4: SACRIFICES AND ASPIRATIONS  CHAPTER 5: FOUNDING THE JOURNAL OF NEGRO EDUCATION  CHAPTER 6: BATTLING DRAGONS, OLD AND NEW  CHAPTER 7: A BASELINE FOR MEASURING PROGRESS  CHAPTER 8: FEDERAL AID TO EDUCATION  CHAPTER 9: THE CASE FOR LITIGATION  CHAPTER 10: TEACHERS’ SALARY DISCRIMINATION  CHAPTER 11: HIGHER EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP, 1936-1940  CHAPTER 12: WINNING THE PEACE  CHAPTER 13: INTERNATIONAL IMPLICATIONS, 1942  CHAPTER 14: A POLICY WINDOW OPENS  CHAPTER 15: SWEATT v. PAINTER, 1945-1950  CHAPTER 16: THE JNE NATIONAL CONFERENCE, 1952  CHAPTER 17: THE BROWN DECISION, 1952-1954  CHAPTER 18: “KEEP SAWING WOOD”  ENDNOTES  BIBLIOGRAPHY","brand":"Fairleigh Dickinson University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041687273815,"sku":"9781611475210","price":72.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781611475210.jpg?v=1750951303","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/charles-h-thompson-policy-entrepreneur-of-the-civil-rights-movement-9781611475210","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}