Brown V. Board Of Education At Fifty - A Rhetorical Perspective

Informationen zum Autor Edited by Clarke Rountree - Contributions by Ann E. Burnette; David Droge; Ann M. Gill; Marouf Hasian Jr. and Daniel Mangis Klappentext The story of Brown v. Board of Education is a half-century old now and has been retold many times by historians, legal scholars, sociologists, and others. This collection of persuasive scholarly essays examines, for the first time, the role rhetorical theory played in the development of educational segregation. Contributors consider the NAACPOs development of a series of graduate school cases to challenge Plessy, analyze the Brown decision itself, assess the state response to Brown, and critique the two Supreme Court decisions implementing the Brown decision. By illustrating how rhetorical strategies created, sustained, challenged, and, ultimately, reversed educational segregation in the United States, this work demonstrates the real value of the rhetorical perspective and provides encouragement to those who wish to help further develop this emerging field of judicial rhetoric. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Introduction 2 Revisiting the Case ofPlessy v. Ferguson 3 Dissent as Prophecy: Justice John Marshall Harlan's Dissent inPlessy v. Ferguson as the Religious Rhetoric of Law 4 Setting the Stage forBrown v. Board of Education: The NAACP's Litigation Campaign Against the "Separate But Equal" Doctrine 5 From Natural to Cultural Inferiorirty: The Symbolic Reconstruction of White Supremacy in Brown v. Board of Education 6 The Rhetorica of Virginia's Massive Resistance Movement 7 The Supreme Court's Rhetoric of Legitimization

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• Authors: Clarke Rountree, Clarke (EDT) Rountree
• Assisted by: Clarke Rountree (Editor), Rountree Clarke (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2004
• EAN: 9780739108543
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-0854-3
• No. of pages: 199
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Labour law, social law; USA, LAW / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, United States of America, USA, Social Law, Civil rights & citizenship, Civics and citizenship, Social law and Medical law