
Root And Branch: Charles Hamilton Houston, Thurgood Marshall, And The Struggle To End Segregation
Although widely viewed as the beginning of the legal struggle to end segregation, the U.S. Supreme Court's decision Brown v. Board of Education was in fact the culmination of decades of court challenges led by a band of lawyers intent on dismantling Jim Crow one statute at a time.Charles Hamilton Houston laid the groundwork, reinventing the law school at Howard University (where he taught a young,...
Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Bloomsbury Press; Reprint edition (January 22, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1608193896
ISBN-13: 978-1608193899
Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.8 x 7.6 inches
Amazon Rank: 1102599
Format: PDF ePub TXT book
- 1608193896 pdf
- 978-1608193899 epub
- Rawn James Jr. epub
- Rawn James Jr. ebooks
- Law epub ebooks
Read Story thieves book 2 ebook allreffusaet.wordpress.com Soul patch moe prager mystery Read The official precious moments collectors guide to figurines 3rd edition ebook bidforanomont.wordpress.com
“Root and Branch is meticulously researched and beautifully written. Rawn James, Jr.'s book is a significant contribution to the understanding of the evolution of civil rights and education in America. The subject, The Struggle to End Segregation, i...”
brash Thurgood Marshall) and becoming special counsel to the NAACP. Later, Houston and Marshall traveled through the South, often at great personal risk, chipping away, case by case, at the legal foundations of racial oppression. The buttoned-up Houston and the easygoing Marshall made an unlikely pair-but their partnership made an unforgettable impact on American history.
Leave a Comment