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Law Touched Our Hearts: A Generation Remembers Brown v. Board of Education
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Description for Law Touched Our Hearts: A Generation Remembers Brown v. Board of Education
Hardcover. Presents stories of black and white Americans, men and women, from all parts of the nation, who were public school students during the years immediately after Brown. This book provides a picture of how social change can shape the careers of an entire generation in one profession. Editor(s): Robinson, Mildred Wigfall; Bonnie, Richard J. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 680.
In February 1954, President Eisenhower invited Chief Justice Warren to dinner at the White House. Among the guests were well-known opponents of school desegregation. During that evening, Eisenhower commented to Warren that 'law and force cannot change a man's heart.' Three months later, however, the Supreme Court handed down its unanimous decision in Brown, and the contributors to this book, like people across the country, were profoundly changed by it, even though many saw almost nothing change in their communities.What Brown did was to elevate race from the country's dirty secret to its most urgent topic of conversation. This book ... Read more
In February 1954, President Eisenhower invited Chief Justice Warren to dinner at the White House. Among the guests were well-known opponents of school desegregation. During that evening, Eisenhower commented to Warren that 'law and force cannot change a man's heart.' Three months later, however, the Supreme Court handed down its unanimous decision in Brown, and the contributors to this book, like people across the country, were profoundly changed by it, even though many saw almost nothing change in their communities.What Brown did was to elevate race from the country's dirty secret to its most urgent topic of conversation. This book ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Vanderbilt University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Tennessee, United States
ISBN
9780826516190
SKU
V9780826516190
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