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The landmark
Brown v. Board of Education case was the start of a long period of desegregation, but
Brown did not give a roadmap for how to achieve this lofty goal—it only provided the destination. In the years that followed, the path toward the fulfillment of this vision for school integration was worked out in the courts through the efforts of the NAACP Legal Defense organization and the Civil Rights Division of the US Department of Justice. One of the major cases on this path was
Lee v. Macon County Board of Education (1967).
Revolution by Law traces the growth of
Lee v. Macon County from a case to desegregate a single school district in rural Alabama to a decision that paved the way for ending state-imposed racial segregation of the schools in the Deep South. Author Brian Landsberg began his career as a young attorney working for the Civil Rights Division of the DOJ in 1964, the year after the lawsuit that would lead to the Lee decision was filed.
As someone personally involved in the legal struggle for civil rights, Landsberg writes with first-hand knowledge of the case. His carefully researched study of this important case argues that private plaintiffs, the executive branch, the federal courts, and eventually Congress each played important roles in transforming the South from the most segregated to the least segregated region of the United States. The
Lee case played a central role in dismantling Alabama’s official racial caste system, and the decision became the model both for other statewide school desegregation cases and for cases challenging conditions in prisons and institutions for mentally ill people.
Revolution by Law gives readers a deep understanding of the methods used by the federal government to desegregate the schools of the Deep South.
Brown v. Board of Education case was the start of a long period of desegregation, but
Brown did not give a roadmap for how to achieve this lofty goal—it only provided the destination. In the years that followed, the path toward the fulfillment of this vision for school integration was worked out in the courts through the efforts of the NAACP Legal Defense organization and the Civil Rights Division of the US Department of Justice. One of the major cases on this path was
Lee v. Macon County Board of Education (1967).
Revolution by Law traces the growth of
Lee v. Macon County from a case to desegregate a single school district in rural Alabama to a decision that paved the way for ending state-imposed racial segregation of the schools in the Deep South. Author Brian Landsberg began his career as a young attorney working for the Civil Rights Division of the DOJ in 1964, the year after the lawsuit that would lead to the Lee decision was filed.
As someone personally involved in the legal struggle for civil rights, Landsberg writes with first-hand knowledge of the case. His carefully researched study of this important case argues that private plaintiffs, the executive branch, the federal courts, and eventually Congress each played important roles in transforming the South from the most segregated to the least segregated region of the United States. The
Lee case played a central role in dismantling Alabama’s official racial caste system, and the decision became the model both for other statewide school desegregation cases and for cases challenging conditions in prisons and institutions for mentally ill people.
Revolution by Law gives readers a deep understanding of the methods used by the federal government to desegregate the schools of the Deep South.
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Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface
Introduction: Tuskegee, Alabama, September 9, 1963
1. The Ratchet Principle:Truman Sets Federal Civil Rights Policy for His Successors in Office
2. Macon County and Alabama’s Racial Caste System
3. The School Desegregation Case Begins
4. New Year, New Schools, New Law
5. The Case Goes Statewide
6. Aftermath: Response to the Statewide Decree
7. “Watch What We Do”
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliographic Essay
Index
Über den Autor
Brian K. Landsberg is professor of law emeritus at the University of the Pacific, Mc George School of Law.
Sprache Englisch ● Format EPUB ● Seiten 288 ● ISBN 9780700633210 ● Dateigröße 1.4 MB ● Verlag University Press of Kansas ● Erscheinungsjahr 2022 ● herunterladbar 24 Monate ● Währung EUR ● ID 8473346 ● Kopierschutz Adobe DRM
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