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The Warren Court and the public schools; an analysis of landmark Supreme Court decisions / by Hudgins, H. C.(CARDINAL)147348;
Bibliography: pages 165-171.
Subjects: United States. Supreme Court.; Religion in the public schools; Segregation in education; Teaching, Freedom of;
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The civil rights movement in America : 1954-1968 / by Landau, Elaine.;
Includes bibliographical references (page 46) and index.Relates the history of race relations in the United States, focusing on the civil rights movement that began in 1954 with the Supreme Court ruling against segregation in public schools.1080LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: African Americans; Civil rights movements; Race relations;
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Brief of Harry McMullan, Attorney General of North Carolina, Amicus Curiae. by North Carolina.Department of Justice.(CARDINAL)138278; McMullan, Harry,1884-1955.(CARDINAL)534797; United States.Supreme Court.Brief.;
Oliver Brown, et al., appellants v. Board of Education of Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, et al. -- R. W. Elliott, et al., Dorothy E. Davis, et al., appellants v. County School Board of Prince Edward County, Virginia, et al., Francis B. Gebhart, et al., petitioners v. Ethel Louise Belton, et al.
Subjects: Case studies.; African Americans; African Americans; School integration; Segregation in education.; Segregation in education;
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The school segregation decision : a report to the Governor of North Carolina on the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States on the 17th of May 1954. by University of North Carolina (1793-1962).Institute of Government.(CARDINAL)158319; Coates, Albert,1896-1989.(CARDINAL)301933; Paul, James C. N.(CARDINAL)132645; United States.Supreme Court.Segregation in the public schools.;
Bibliographical footnotes.The background of the decision, by A. Coates.--The decision and some alternatives, a legal analysis, by J.C.N. Paul.--The text of the Court's decisions. [Also issued separately under title: Segregation in the public schools]
Subjects: Discrimination in education.; Segregation in education.; African Americans;
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Did the court interpret or amend? The meaning of the Fourteenth amendment, in terms of a State's power to operate racially separate public schools, as defined by the courts. by Virginia.Commission on Constitutional Government.(CARDINAL)133923;
Subjects: United States. Supreme Court.; United States.; Segregation in education.; States' rights (American politics);
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Brown v. Board of Education : a day that changed America / by Weston, Margeaux,author.(CARDINAL)857355;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Separate worlds -- Brown v. Board -- Bringing everyone together -- Slow road to equality."On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court of the United States delivered a unanimous ruling that declared racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional, because separate could never be equal. Now readers can step back in time to learn about what led up to this major milestone in the Civil Rights movement, how the landmark case unfolded, and the ways in which one critical day changed America forever"--Ages 8-11Grades 4-6780L
Subjects: Brown, Oliver, 1918-1961; Brown, Oliver, 1918-1961; Topeka (Kan.). Board of Education; Segregation in education; Discrimination in education; African Americans; African Americans; Discrimination in education; Segregation in education;
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Mamie takes a stand / by Chan, Marie; James, Siân(CARDINAL)517786;
Children will learn the little-known story of Mamie Tape, an eight-year-old Chinese American girl whose desire for knowledge and belonging led her family to fight for her right to attend public school in San Francisco. In the fall of 1884 in San Francisco, California, Mamie excitedly arrived for her first day at an American public school, only to find the principal blocking her way. Why? Because Mamie was Chinese. Thus began the Tape family's yearlong struggle to secure Mamie's right to attend public school. In the spring of 1885, Mamie's case reached the California Supreme Court, who reaffirmed a lower court's ruling that public schools should be open to children of all races. Young readers will be introduced to this largely unknown tale from American history and learn to treat others with empathy and respect.
Subjects: Biographies.; Tape, Mamie, 1876-1972; Children's Social Activists Biographies.; Children's Women Biographies.; Children's Multicultural Biographies.; Social justice; Biography.; Girls; Chinese American girls; Women; Chinese American children; Public schools; Girls; Chinese American children; Segregation in education; Right to education; Social justice;
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Hope and despair in the American city : why there are no bad schools in Raleigh / by Grant, Gerald.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.What happened to American cities? -- Can this neighborhood be saved? -- Three reconstructions of Raleigh -- There are no bad schools in Raleigh -- A tragic decision -- What should we hope for?.In 1972, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a 5-4 verdict in the case of Milliken v. Bradley, thereby blocking the state of Michigan from merging the Detroit public school system with those of the surrounding suburbs. This decision effectively walled off underprivileged students in many American cities, condemning them to a system of racial and class segregation and destroying their chances of obtaining a decent education. In this work, the author compares two cities, his hometown of Syracuse, New York, and Raleigh, North Carolina, in order to examine the consequences of the nation's ongoing educational inequities. The school system in Syracuse is a slough of despair, the one in Raleigh a beacon of hope. Grant argues that the chief reason for Raleigh's educational success is the integration by social class that occurred when the city voluntarily merged with the surrounding suburbs in 1976 to create the Wake County Public School System. By contrast, the primary cause of Syracuse's decline has been the growing class and racial segregation of its metropolitan schools, which has left the city mired in poverty. This book is a study of urban social policy that combines field research and historical narrative. The result is an ambitious portrait, sometimes disturbing, often inspiring, of two cities that exemplify our nation's greatest educational challenges, as well as an exploration of the potential for school reform that exists for our urban schools today.
Subjects: Case studies.; School improvement programs; Urban schools; Urban renewal;
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Eisenhower vs. Warren [sound recording] : the battle for civil rights and liberties / by Simon, James F.,author.(CARDINAL)152936; Yen, Jonathan,narrator.;
Read by Jonathan Yen.The bitter feud between President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Chief Justice Earl Warren framed the tumultuous future of the modern civil rights movement. Eisenhower was a gradualist who wanted to coax white Americans in the South into eventually accepting integration, while Warren, author of the Supreme Court's historic unanimous opinion in Brown v. Board of Education, demanded immediate action to dismantle the segregation of the public school system.
Subjects: Biographies.; Warren, Earl, 1891-1974.; Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969.; School integration; African Americans; Civil rights movements;
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A fine line : how most American kids are kept out of the best public schools / by DeRoche, Tim,author.(CARDINAL)784633; Romero, Gloria Jean,author of afterword.(CARDINAL)886675;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-263) and index.Neighborhood pools -- Preface -- Part I: Separated by law. The promise of public education -- The two sides of North Avenue -- Educational redlining -- The jurisdictional affliction -- Part II: People do anything to get their kid in. Don't fence me in. Consultants, address cops, and the price of a public school -- Simple, fair, and open --Pat III: Location, location, adjucation. Unlocking the gates of opportunity -- Open to all? -- Available to all on equal terms? -- The school closest to your residence? -- Equal racial access to schools? -- Afterword / by Gloria Romero -- Appendix A: Two sides of the street -- Appendix B: State laws.Which side of the line do you live on? In 1954 the Supreme Court ruled that little Linda Brown couldn't be excluded from a public school because of her race. In that landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education, the court famously declared that public education must be available to all on equal terms. But sixty-six years later, many of the best public schools remain closed to all but the most privileged families. Empowered by little-known state laws, school districts draw attendance zones around their best schools, indicating who is, and who isn't, allowed to enroll. In many American cities, this means that living on one side of the street or the other will determine whether you leave eighth grade on a track for future success or barely able to read.
Subjects: Public schools; Public schools; Discrimination in education; De facto school segregation; Segregation in education; Racism in education; Income distribution;
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