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Traces the growth of Lee v. Macon County from a case to desegregate a single school district in rural Alabama to a decision that paved the way for ending state-imposed racial segregation of the schools in the Deep South.

Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction: Tuskegee, Alabama, September 9, 1963
  • 1. The Ratchet Principle:Truman Sets Federal Civil Rights Policy for His Successors in Office
  • 2. Macon County and Alabama's Racial Caste System
  • 3. The School Desegregation Case Begins
  • 4. New Year, New Schools, New Law
  • 5. The Case Goes Statewide
  • 6. Aftermath: Response to the Statewide Decree
  • 7. "Watch What We Do"
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliographic Essay
  • Index

Revolution by Law The Federal Government and the

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    Publisher: University Press of Kansas
    Publication Date: 10/07/2022
    ISBN13: 9780700633203, 978-0700633203
    ISBN10: 0700633200
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Traces the growth of Lee v. Macon County from a case to desegregate a single school district in rural Alabama to a decision that paved the way for ending state-imposed racial segregation of the schools in the Deep South.

    Table of Contents
    • Preface
    • Introduction: Tuskegee, Alabama, September 9, 1963
    • 1. The Ratchet Principle:Truman Sets Federal Civil Rights Policy for His Successors in Office
    • 2. Macon County and Alabama's Racial Caste System
    • 3. The School Desegregation Case Begins
    • 4. New Year, New Schools, New Law
    • 5. The Case Goes Statewide
    • 6. Aftermath: Response to the Statewide Decree
    • 7. "Watch What We Do"
    • Conclusion
    • Notes
    • Bibliographic Essay
    • Index

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