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Book SynopsisOriginal interpretations of Brown v. Board of Education's impact, fifty years later
Trade Review"Provides wonderful insights . . . and should inspire others to continue the struggle to achieve educational equality in the United States."--
The Journal of African American History"Reveals that
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was a major victory in the struggle for social justice and justifiably deserving of much celebration."--
H-Net Reviews"A valuable book that serves as both a fitting tribute and a careful examination of the
Brown v. Board of Education decision after a half century. The touching and moving recollections help us understand the human impact the
Brown case had on the 'ordinary' folks."--William C. Hine, coauthor of
The African-American OdysseyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction Orville Vernon Burton and David O'Brien
SECTION 1: BROWN: ITS HISTORY AND LEGACY 1. Darlene Clark Hine
The
Briggs v. Elliott Legacy: Black Culture, Consciousness, and Community before
Brown, 1930-1954
2. George Lipsitz
Getting Around
Brown: The Social Warrant of the New Racism
3. Margaret L. Andersen
From
Brown to
Grutter: The Diverse Beneficiaries of
Brown v. Board of Education 4. Laughlin McDonald
Beyond School Desegregation: The Impact of
Brown 5. Jason Chambers
"A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Waste": The Advertising Council, the United Negro College Fund, and Educational Access for African Americans
6. Joe R. Feagin and Bernice McNair Barnett
Success
and Failure: How Systemic Racism Trumped the
Brown v. Board of Education Decision
7. Lani Guinier
From Racial Liberalism to Racial Literacy:
Brown v. Board of Education and the Interest-Divergence Dilemma
SECTION 2: BROWN AND LIVED EXPERIENCE 8. Joseph A. De Laine Jr.
Briggs: South Carolina's Bold Step That Led to
Brown 9. Ophelia De Laine Gona
About Integration: In Memory of the Reverend J. A. De Laine
10. John Hope Franklin
My Life and Times with Thurgood Marshall
11. Constance Curry
The Intolerable Burden
12. James C. Onderdonk
The Freedom Riders: Two Personal Perspectives
13. Ed Blankenheim
Looking Back at the Freedom Riders
14. Kal Alston
The Middle Generation after
BrownSECTION 3: THE ARTS AND BROWN 15. Sekou Sundiata
Why Colored Faces in High Places Just Won't Do
16. John Jennings
The Chance Project
17. Ralph Lemon
What Was Always There
18. Carrie Mae Weems and David O'Brien
Art and Integration: An Interview with Carrie Mae Weems
19. David O'Brien
Social Studies: Eight Artists Address
BrownSECTION 4: ILLINOIS AND BROWN 20. Kathryn H. Anthony and Nicholas Watkins
A Legacy of Firsts: African Americans in Architecture at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
21. Nathaniel C. Banks
Reflections on the
Brown Commemoration from a Champaign Native
22. Joy Ann Williamson Lott
Reform in the Black Power Era
23. Richard Herman
Lest We Forget
24. James W. Loewen
Enforcing
Brown in Sundown Towns
SECTION 5: PUBLIC INTELLECTUALS AND BROWN AND ITS LEGACY 25. Julian Bond
Civil Rights: Now and Then
26. Freeman A Hrabowski III
Reflections on America's Academic Achievement Gap: A Fifty-Year Persepctive
27. Christopher Benson
Just Because of the Color of His Skin: The 1955 Lynching of Emmett Till
28. Juan Williams and Christopher Teal
Thurgood Marshall's Vision
Epilogue Mary L. Dudziak
Brown's Global Impact Notes on Contributors
Index
