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The Brown Decision, Jim Crow, and Southern Identity (Mercer University Lamar Memorial Lectures Ser.)
James Cobb
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Hardcover. The 1954 Brown v Board of Education ruling is a watershed event in the fight against racial segregation in the US. Examining how our historical understanding of segregation has evolved since then, this book suggests that the Brown decree and the civil rights movement have accomplished more than the hard statistics of black progress can reveal. Series: Mercer University Lamar Memorial Lectures. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 259.
A spirited defense of the landmark civil rights case and its place in our history. The 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling was a watershed event in the fight against racial segregation in the United States. The recent fiftieth anniversary of Brown prompted a surge of tributes: books, television and radio specials, conferences, and speeches. At the same time, says James C. Cobb, it revealed a growing trend of dismissiveness and negativity toward Brown and other accomplishments of the civil rights movement. Writing as both a lauded historian and a white southerner from the last generation to grow up ... Read more
A spirited defense of the landmark civil rights case and its place in our history. The 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling was a watershed event in the fight against racial segregation in the United States. The recent fiftieth anniversary of Brown prompted a surge of tributes: books, television and radio specials, conferences, and speeches. At the same time, says James C. Cobb, it revealed a growing trend of dismissiveness and negativity toward Brown and other accomplishments of the civil rights movement. Writing as both a lauded historian and a white southerner from the last generation to grow up ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
Series
Mercer University Lamar Memorial Lectures
Number of Pages
104
Place of Publication
Georgia, United States
ISBN
9780820324982
SKU
V9780820324982
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About James Cobb
James C. Cobb is Spalding Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Georgia. His books include Away Down South and The Most Southern Place on Earth.
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