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Languages : en
Pages : 26
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United States of America V. Homer
Author: Pyle V. United States of America
Author: United States of America V. Hickey
Author: United States of America V. Phillips
Author: United States of America V. Pittman
Author: Brown v. Board of Education
Author: James T. PattersonPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199880840
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
2004 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Supreme Court's unanimous decision to end segregation in public schools. Many people were elated when Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren delivered Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka in May 1954, the ruling that struck down state-sponsored racial segregation in America's public schools. Thurgood Marshall, chief attorney for the black families that launched the litigation, exclaimed later, "I was so happy, I was numb." The novelist Ralph Ellison wrote, "another battle of the Civil War has been won. The rest is up to us and I'm very glad. What a wonderful world of possibilities are unfolded for the children!" Here, in a concise, moving narrative, Bancroft Prize-winning historian James T. Patterson takes readers through the dramatic case and its fifty-year aftermath. A wide range of characters animates the story, from the little-known African Americans who dared to challenge Jim Crow with lawsuits (at great personal cost); to Thurgood Marshall, who later became a Justice himself; to Earl Warren, who shepherded a fractured Court to a unanimous decision. Others include segregationist politicians like Governor Orval Faubus of Arkansas; Presidents Eisenhower, Johnson, and Nixon; and controversial Supreme Court justices such as William Rehnquist and Clarence Thomas. Most Americans still see Brown as a triumph--but was it? Patterson shrewdly explores the provocative questions that still swirl around the case. Could the Court--or President Eisenhower--have done more to ensure compliance with Brown? Did the decision touch off the modern civil rights movement? How useful are court-ordered busing and affirmative action against racial segregation? To what extent has racial mixing affected the academic achievement of black children? Where indeed do we go from here to realize the expectations of Marshall, Ellison, and others in 1954?
United States of America V. Gelfman
Author: Who Killed Homer?
Author: Victor Davis HansonPublisher: Encounter Books
ISBN: 1893554260
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
With advice and informative readings of the great Greek texts, this title shows how we might save classics and the Greeks. It is suitable for those who agree that knowledge of classics acquaints us with the beauty and perils of our own culture.
Federman V. United States of America
Author: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Author: U. S. Court Of Appeals Ninth CircuitPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780656257119
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 756
Book Description
Excerpt from United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit: Southern Pacific Railroad Company, D. O., Mills and Homer S. King, as Trustees, and Central Trust Company of New York, as Trustee, Appellants, Vs; United States of America Appelle; Transcript of Record Upon \appeal from the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of Cali fornia, Southern Division. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.