Social Scientists for Social Justice : : Making the Case against Segregation /

Social Scientists for Social Justice : : Making the Case against Segregation / / John P. Jackson Jr.

In one of the twentieth century's landmark Supreme Court cases, Brown v. Board of Education, social scientists such as Kenneth Clark helped to convince the Supreme Court Justices of the debilitating psychological effects of racism and segregation. John P. Jackson, Jr., examines the well-known s...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Jackson Jr., John P.,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2001]
©2001
Year of Publication:2001
Language:English
Series:Critical America ; 85
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction: Framing the Historical Problem
  • I. Background
  • 2. The Study of Race between the Wars
  • 3. Effect of World War II on the Study of Racial Prejudice
  • II. Forging the Alliance
  • 4. The American Jewish Congress
  • 5. Pre-Brown Litigation
  • III. Brown Litigation
  • 6. Recruiting Expert Witnesses
  • 7. Testimony of the Experts
  • 8. Supreme Court Hearings and Decision, Brown I
  • 9. Supreme Court Hearings and Decision, Brown II
  • IV. Dissolution
  • 10. Committee of Social Science Consultants
  • 11. Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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