The NAACP's fight against segregated education--the first public interest litigation campaign--culminated in the 1954 Brown decision. While touching on the general social, political, and economic climate in which the NAACP acted, Mark V. Tushnet emphasizes the internal workings of the organization as revealed in its own documents. He argues that the dedication and political and legal skills of staff members such as Walter White, Charles Hamilton Houston, and Thurgood Marshall were responsible for the ultimate success of public interest law. This edition contains a new epilogue by the author that addresses general questions of litigation strategy, the contested question of whether the Brown decision mattered, and the legacy of Brown through the Burger and Rehnquist courts.
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"A brilliantly told narrative of how the NAACP developed a legal strategy for attacking segregation. It also raises the deepest question about under what circumstances law can be used by the weak to reform the structure of power. (Morton J. Horwitz, Harvard Law School)"
"Skillfully cutting through the maze of legal technicalities and jargon to make clear the strategy of the NAACP, [Tushnet] has presented an extraordinary case study. (Journal of American History)"
"Skillfully cutting through the maze of legal technicalities and jargon to make clear the strategy of the NAACP, [Tushnet] has presented an extraordinary case study. (Journal of American History)"
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Tushnet shows how the skills, personalities, and talent in the NAACP legal team led to the success of the first public interest litigation campaign. A new epilogue for this edition addresses litigation strategy and the legacy of Brown v. Board of Education.
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Probably the most important US Supreme Court decision of the 20th Century was the 1954 case of Brown v. Board of Education, which famously overturned the "separate but equal" doctrine and declared segregation in public education to violate the Equal Protection Clause (of the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment). Important as Brown itself was, however, in truth the Brown decision represented the culmination of a remarkable litigation campaign waged over decades by Thurgood Marshall, Charles Hamilton Houston, and the NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund. Professor Tushnet's classic study of this campaign collects and imparts a detailed history of this campaign in the years leading up to, and eventually bringing about, Brown. As much as Tushnet carefully examines the key problems Jim Crow legal doctrine posed for the lawyers, it is Tushnet's exploration into how the NAACP overcame the difficult organizational, financial, political, and human resources challenges of the endeavor that makes this truly the story of a great campaign, one chock full of timeless lessons for social justice lawyers and activists of every stripe.
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The NAACP was founded in 1909 by a biracial group desiring to counter an increase in white violence against blacks throughout the country. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
direct attack decision, equalization litigation, salary equalization cases, litigation campaign, equalization suits, salary suits, black law school, mandamus action, equalization strategy, white law school, salary cases, litigation effort, equalize salaries, law school for blacks, law school case, graduate cases, desegregation litigation, sociological argument, black teachers, legal committee, public interest law, national staff, negro teachers, substantial equality, colored teachers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Garland Fund, United States, North Carolina, South Carolina, Walter White, New York, Deep South, Howard Law School, Margold Report, Lincoln University, Little Rock, Roger Baldwin, University of Missouri, Roy Wilkins, Thurgood Marshall, William Hastie, Carl Murphy, Negro Work, District of Columbia, Howard University, New Deal, New Orleans, The Crisis, World War, Carter Wesley New!
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direct attack decision, equalization litigation, salary equalization cases, litigation campaign, equalization suits, salary suits, black law school, mandamus action, equalization strategy, white law school, salary cases, litigation effort, equalize salaries, law school for blacks, law school case, graduate cases, desegregation litigation, sociological argument, black teachers, legal committee, public interest law, national staff, negro teachers, substantial equality, colored teachers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Garland Fund, United States, North Carolina, South Carolina, Walter White, New York, Deep South, Howard Law School, Margold Report, Lincoln University, Little Rock, Roger Baldwin, University of Missouri, Roy Wilkins, Thurgood Marshall, William Hastie, Carl Murphy, Negro Work, District of Columbia, Howard University, New Deal, New Orleans, The Crisis, World War, Carter Wesley New!
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- Simple Justice: The History of Brown v. Board of Education and Black America's Struggle for Equality by Richard Kluger on 8 pages
- Southern Politics by Valdimer Orlando Key in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The New Constitutional Order by Mark Tushnet in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Roger Baldwin by Peggy Lamson in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Complex Organizations: A Critical Essay by Charles Perrow in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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