Title

All deliberate speed : reflections on the first half century of Brown v. Board of Education

Description

A Harvard Law School professor examines the impact that Brown v. Board of Education has had on his family, citing historical figures, while revealing how the reforms promised by the case were systematically undermined.

Identifier

1161464

393058972

Creator

Ogletree, Charles J

Format

1st ed.

Source

Brian Lamb Booknotes Collection

Gift of Brian Lamb, 2011.

Catalog record

Language

eng

Date

2004

Program air date: May 9, 2004

Publisher

W.W. Norton & Co.

George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections & Archives

Text

Transcription of Annotations
Extensive notes on front and back endpapers, half-title and verso concerning race relations, segregation, discrimination, and violence prior to and following the 1954 Supreme Court decision of Brown v. Board of Education, significant court cases stemming from racism and race relations, the personal history of the author including his childhood, education, and professional history, Thurgood Marsall and his influence on the author, and the current state of race relations in America. Annotations by Brian Lamb in the margins and underlining of pertinent phrases throughout the book. Examples include: "the color line," "fear in Boston," "closing schools," "Marshall dissent," "originalism," and "Lincoln vs. Warren,"

Subject

"Ogletree, Charles J."

"Race discrimination--Law and legislation--United States--History."

"Civil rights movements--United States--History."

"African American lawyers--Biography."

Relation

Original Booknotes interview

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