From Brown to Bakke: The Supreme Court and School Integration: 1954-1978 - Softcover

Wilkinson, J. Harvie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 019502897X ISBN 13: 9780195028973

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1981

Synopsis

This book is a historical study of jurisprudence focused on the assessment of the role of the Supreme Court in public school integration in the mid-twentieth century. The manner in which the principal Supreme Court decisions are illuminated by the practical, legal, and political difficulties at each step of the way provides a very well informed perspective that is both interesting and important.

About this title

About the Author:

J. Harvie Wilkinson is formerly of the University of Virginia School of Law.

Review:

"A fascinating, eloquent, important study. Perhaps no one is better qualified to deal with its subject than J. Harvie Wilkinson III....A brilliant work, a major contribution to historical study and to jurisprudence."--Journal of Southern History

"A first-rate book--eloquent and informative in narration, sane and temperate in judgment. I am astonished that anyone could render so intelligible the uneven course of history from Brown to Bakke, yet without a moment's simplification."--The Washington Star

"This book is an excellent source for an issue that involves every American today. Certainly after reading this book it is clear we have come a long way (Americans in general) but also we have a long way to go. The minds have been won, now the hearts need to be as well."--Sam Giordanengo, Armstrong Atlantic State University

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1981
• ISBN 10: 019502897X
• ISBN 13: 9780195028973
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384