xv, 365 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [313]-346) and index.
Contents
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 to 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 deal: sobering reflections.
