Remembering Brown At Fifty - The University of Illinois Commemorates Brown V. Board of Education

Klappentext Inspired by the University of Illinois's celebration of the "Brown v. Board of Education" decision's fiftieth anniversary in 2004, this collection addresses the significance of the "Brown" decision in the contributors' lives or work in education and civil rights. The book stands as a historic document in its own right, preserving the reactions of many prominent intellectuals, artists, and activists fifty years after the decision. Contributors are Kal Alston, Margaret L. Andersen, Kathryn H. Anthony, Nathaniel C. Banks, Bernice McNair Barnett, Christopher Benson, Ed Blankenheim, Julian Bond, Orville Vernon Burton, Jason Chambers, Constance Curry, Joseph A. De Laine Jr., Mary L. Dudziak, Joe R. Feagin, John Hope Franklin, Ophelia De Laine Gona, Lani Guinier, Darlene Clark Hine, Freeman A. Hrabowski III, John Jennings, Ralph Lemon, George Lipsitz, Jim Loewen, Laughlin McDonald, David O'Brien, James C. Onderdonk, Sekou Sundiata, Christopher Teal, Nicholas Watkins, Carrie Mae Weems, Juan Williams, and Joy Ann Williamson. Zusammenfassung Original interpretations of Brown v. Board of Education's impact! fifty years later

Product details

• Authors: Orville Vernon O''''brien Burton, Vernon O''''brien Burton
• Assisted by: Orville Vernon Burton (Editor), David O'Brien (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Illinois Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2009
• EAN: 9780252076657
• ISBN: 978-0-252-07665-7
• No. of pages: 456
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous