| Remembering Brown at Fifty: The University of Illinois Commemorates Brown V. Board of Education Contributor(s): Burton, Orville Vernon (Editor), O'Brien, David (Editor), Alston, Kal (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 0252076656 ISBN-13: 9780252076657 Publisher: University of Illinois Press OUR PRICE: $36.63 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2009 Annotation: Original interpretations of "Brown v. Board of Education"'s impact, fifty years later |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Civil Rights - Education | History - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies |
| Dewey: 344.730 |
| LCCN: 2009026685 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6" W x 9.2" (1.65 lbs) 456 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Topical - Black History - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Inspired by the University of Illinois's celebration of the Brown v. Board of Education decision's fiftieth anniversary in 2004, this collection addresses the significance of the Brown decision in the contributors' lives or work in education and civil rights. The book stands as a historic document in its own right, preserving the reactions of many prominent intellectuals, artists, and activists fifty years after the decision. Contributors are Kal Alston, Margaret L. Andersen, Kathryn H. Anthony, Nathaniel C. Banks, Bernice McNair Barnett, Christopher Benson, Ed Blankenheim, Julian Bond, Orville Vernon Burton, Jason Chambers, Constance Curry, Joseph A. De Laine Jr., Mary L. Dudziak, Joe R. Feagin, John Hope Franklin, Ophelia De Laine Gona, Lani Guinier, Darlene Clark Hine, Freeman A. Hrabowski III, John Jennings, Ralph Lemon, George Lipsitz, Jim Loewen, Laughlin McDonald, David O'Brien, James C. Onderdonk, Sekou Sundiata, Christopher Teal, Nicholas Watkins, Carrie Mae Weems, Juan Williams, and Joy Ann Williamson. |