Law Touched Our Hearts
A Generation Remembers Brown v. Board of Education
In February 1954, President Eisenhower invited Chief Justice Warren to dinner at the White House. Among the guests were well-known opponents of school desegregation. During that evening, Eisenhower commented to Warren that law and force cannot change a man's heart. Three months later, however, the Supreme Court handed down its unanimous decision in Brown, and the contributors to this book, like people across the country, were profoundly changed by it, even though many saw almost nothing change in their communities.What Brown did was to elevate race from the country's dirty secret to its most urgent topic of conversation. This book stands alon…
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Weitere Autoren: Bonnie, Richard J. (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-8265-9254-5
- EAN: 9780826592545
- Produktnummer: 34880833
- Verlag: Kensington Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
- Seitenangabe: 296 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 1'407 KB
Über den Autor
Mildred Wigfall Robinson was in the fourth grade in Moncks Corner, South Carolina, when Brown v. Board was decided. She received her elementary and secondary education in the state's schools, which remained segregated, then graduated from Fisk University. She is Henry L. & Grace Doherty Charitable Foundation Professor, University of Virginia School of Law.Richard J. Bonnie was in the eighth grade in Norfolk, Virginia, when the public schools were closed to resist the Supreme Court's decision in Brown. He is Harrison Foundation Professor of Medicine and Law, Hunton & Williams Research Professor, and Director, Institute of Law, Psychiatry & Public Policy at the University of Virginia.
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