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Separate no more the long road to Brown v. Board of Education

An evocative chronicle of the battle that led to America's landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling shares insights into the abuses of the "separate but equal" system and how such courageous activists as Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois helped end legal segregation.

Main Author: Goldstone, Lawrence, 1947- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Scholastic Focus, 2021.
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Brown, Oliver, > 1918-1961 > Trials, litigation, etc. > Young adult nonfiction.
Segregation in education > Law and legislation > United States > Young adult nonfiction.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century > Young adult nonfiction.
Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century > Young adult nonfiction.
United States > Race relations > Young adult nonfiction.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: The end of a long wait
  • Separate
  • Land of Lincoln
  • Resistance
  • From the ashes of Springfield
  • To the courts
  • The red summer
  • Passing the torch: The new Negro movement
  • The challenge
  • To the courts once more
  • Thurgood Marshall joins the fray
  • Setbacks
  • No turning back
  • Renewing the attack
  • A school of one's own
  • The main event
  • Student revolt
  • Kansas
  • The battle is joined
  • A change at the top
  • Round 2
  • The meaning of equality
  • Making it real
  • Legacy.

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