All deliberate speed : reflections on the first half century of Brown v. Board of Education
A Harvard Law School professor examines the impact that Brown v. Board of Education has had on his family, citing historical figures, while revealing how the reforms promised by the case were systematically undermined
Biography
xv, 365 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
9780393058970, 9780393326864, 0393058972, 0393326861
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The significance of Brown
The legacy of segregation : what Brown meant in Merced
Brown's promise : black students at Stanford
Brown's failure : resistance in Boston
Brown's challenge : carrying the torch
Life before Brown
Defeating Jim Crow
Resistance to Brown
Marshall and King : two paths of justice
Reversing the Brown mandate : the Bakke challenge
The legacy of Thurgood Marshall
The rise of Clarence Thomas
Who's getting lynched? : Hill v. Thomas
Justice Thomas : a new era in race matters
The Michigan cases : mixed signals
Meeting the educational challenges of the twenty-first century
Addressing the racial divide : reparations
The integration ideal : sobering reflections
Booknotes episode and transcript Program air date: May 9, 2004