Revolution by law : the federal government and the desegregation of Alabama schools /

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"The landmark Brown v. Board of Education case was the start of a long period of desegregation, but Brown did not give a road map for how to achieve this lofty goal; it only provided the destination. In the years that followed, the path towards the fulfillment of this vision for school integrat...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Landsberg, Brian K. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, 2022.
Subjects:
Lee, Anthony T. > Trials, litigation, etc.
United States. > Department of Justice. > Civil Rights Division > History > 20th century.
Macon County (Ala.). > Board of Education > Trials, litigation, etc.
United States. > Department of Justice. > Civil Rights Division.
Macon County (Ala.). > Board of Education.
School integration > Law and legislation > Alabama > Cases.
Trials.
Alabama.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Tuskegee, Alabama, September 9, 1963
  • The Ratchet principle : Truman sets Federal Civil Rights Policy for his successors in office
  • Macon County and Alabama's racial caste system
  • The school desegregation case begins
  • New year, new schools, new law
  • The case goes statewide
  • Aftermath : response to the statewide decree
  • "Watch what we do"
  • Conclusion.

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