Black V. United States of America
Title | Black V. United States of America PDF eBook |
Author | |
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Pages | 16 |
Release | 1975 |
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United States of America V. Black
Title | United States of America V. Black PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 40 |
Release | 1977 |
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Black V. United States of America
Title | Black V. United States of America PDF eBook |
Author | |
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Pages | 58 |
Release | 1981 |
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Final Report, Japanese Evacuation from the West Coast, 1942
Title | Final Report, Japanese Evacuation from the West Coast, 1942 PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Army. Western Defense Command and Fourth Army |
Publisher | |
Pages | 660 |
Release | 1943 |
Genre | Asian Americans |
ISBN |
Brown v. Board of Education
Title | Brown v. Board of Education PDF eBook |
Author | James T. Patterson |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 318 |
Release | 2001-03-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0199880840 |
2004 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Supreme Court's unanimous decision to end segregation in public schools. Many people were elated when Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren delivered Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka in May 1954, the ruling that struck down state-sponsored racial segregation in America's public schools. Thurgood Marshall, chief attorney for the black families that launched the litigation, exclaimed later, "I was so happy, I was numb." The novelist Ralph Ellison wrote, "another battle of the Civil War has been won. The rest is up to us and I'm very glad. What a wonderful world of possibilities are unfolded for the children!" Here, in a concise, moving narrative, Bancroft Prize-winning historian James T. Patterson takes readers through the dramatic case and its fifty-year aftermath. A wide range of characters animates the story, from the little-known African Americans who dared to challenge Jim Crow with lawsuits (at great personal cost); to Thurgood Marshall, who later became a Justice himself; to Earl Warren, who shepherded a fractured Court to a unanimous decision. Others include segregationist politicians like Governor Orval Faubus of Arkansas; Presidents Eisenhower, Johnson, and Nixon; and controversial Supreme Court justices such as William Rehnquist and Clarence Thomas. Most Americans still see Brown as a triumph--but was it? Patterson shrewdly explores the provocative questions that still swirl around the case. Could the Court--or President Eisenhower--have done more to ensure compliance with Brown? Did the decision touch off the modern civil rights movement? How useful are court-ordered busing and affirmative action against racial segregation? To what extent has racial mixing affected the academic achievement of black children? Where indeed do we go from here to realize the expectations of Marshall, Ellison, and others in 1954?
A Matter of Principle
Title | A Matter of Principle PDF eBook |
Author | Conrad Black |
Publisher | Biteback Publishing |
Pages | 428 |
Release | 2012-10-22 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1849545219 |
In 1993, Conrad Black was the proprietor of London's Daily Telegraph and the head of one of the world's largest newspaper groups. In 2004, however, he was accused of fraud and fired as chairman of Hollinger. In A Matter of Principle, Black describes his indictment, four-month trial, partial conviction, imprisonment and largely successful appeal. Black writes without reserve about the prosecutors who mounted a campaign to destroy him and the journalists who presumed he was guilty. Fascinating people fill these pages, from prime ministers and presidents to the social, legal and media elite. Woven throughout are Black's views on big themes: politics, corporate governance and the US justice system. He is candid about highly personal subjects, including his friendships, his faith and his marriage to Barbara Amiel. Above all, Black maintains his innocence and recounts what he describes as the 'fight of and for my life'. A Matter of Principle is a riveting memoir and a scathing account of a flawed justice system.
The Dred Scott Case
Title | The Dred Scott Case PDF eBook |
Author | Roger Brooke Taney |
Publisher | Legare Street Press |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2022-10-27 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781017251265 |
The Washington University Libraries presents an online exhibit of documents regarding the Dred Scott case. American slave Dred Scott (1795?-1858) and his wife Harriet filed suit for their freedom in the Saint Louis Circuit Court in 1846. The U.S. Supreme Court decided in 1857 that the Scotts must remain slaves.