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1 online resource (volumes) |
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Contributors; The Continuing Contest about Race in American Law and Culture: On Reading the Meaning of Brown; I. BROWN AND ITS LEGAL CONTEXTS; 1. Performing Interpretation: A Legacy of Civil Rights Lawyering in Brown; 2. Brown in Context; 3. From Brown to Casey: The U.S. Supreme Court and the Burdens of History; II. RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AND ANTIDISCRIMINATION LAW; 4. Brown and the Harm of Legal Segregation; 5. The Triumph and Transformation of Antidiscrimination Law; III. READING THE "REALITIES" OF RACE |
| Summary |
When it comes to race and racial issues these are strange times for all Americans. More than forty years after Brown v. Board of Education put an end to segregation of the races by law, current debates about affirmative action, multiculturalism, and racial hate speech reveal persistent uncertainty about the place and meaning of race in American culture and the role of law in guaranteeing racial equality. Moreover, all sides in those debates claim to be the true heirs to Brown, even as they disagree vehemently about its meaning. Race, Law and Culture takes the continuing controversy about race |
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Brown, Oliver, 1918-1961 -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- Congresses
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Brown, Oliver, 1918-1961. fast (OCoLC)fst01717340 |
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Topeka (Kan.). Board of Education -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- Congresses
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Topeka (Kan.). Board of Education. fast (OCoLC)fst00551837 |
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Segregation in education -- Law and legislation -- United States -- Congresses
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Race discrimination -- Law and legislation -- United States -- Congresses
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Race discrimination -- Law and legislation.
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Race relations.
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Segregation in education -- Law and legislation.
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Trials.
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United States -- Race relations -- Congresses
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United States.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1602561281 |
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9781602561281 |
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