Acknowledgments; A Scientific Conspiracy; Racial Science and the Anti-Nordic Conspiracy; Radical Right Underground; The South and the Scientific Backlash to; Organizing Massive Resistance and Organizing Science; The Attack on Brown; The Scientists React; Back to the Underground?; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
Summary
In this fascinating examination of the intriguing but understudied period following the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision, John Jackson examines the scientific case aimed at dismantling the legislation. Offering a trenchant assessment of the so-called scientific evidence, Jackson focuses on the 1959 formation of the International Society for the Advancement of Ethnology and Eugenics (IAAEE), whose expressed function was to objectively investigate racial differences and publicize their findings. Notable figures included Carleton Putnam, Wesley Critz George, and Carleton Coon. In an
