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Simple Justice: The History of Brown v. Board of Education and Black America’s Struggle for Equality

Richard Kluger

How did the American ideal of equality collide with racism in the law, and how did decades of litigation lead to Brown v. Board of Education?

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Author
Richard Kluger

Why read it

  • You will see how a long legal campaign is built case by case, not won in one stroke
  • You will notice the gap between what a nation says it believes and how it acts
  • You will know what unequal schooling looked like for the children who lived with it

Who it is for

  • A teacher or parent who wants the history behind school equality
  • A law student studying how strategy shapes court victories
  • An activist planning a long campaign for change

Contents

  1. Author’s Note
  2. Foreword
  3. Part I Under Color of Law
  4. 1 Together Let Us Sweetly Live
  5. 2 Original Sin
  6. 3 The Special Favorite of the Laws
  7. 4 Not like Bales of Hay
  8. 5 Coming of Age in Nigger Heaven
  9. 6 Exhibit A
  10. 7 The Raw Deal
  11. 8 Uncle Fearless’s Nephew
  12. 9 Stalking the Law of the Jungle
  13. 10 One of the Gang
  14. 11 A Foot in the Door
  15. 12 The Spurs of Texas Are upon You
  16. Part II The Courts Below
  17. 13 On the Natural Inferiority of Bootblacks
  18. 14 The Doll Man and Other Experts
  19. 15 Charleston Detour
  20. 16 Prairie Fire
  21. 17 The Menninger Connection
  22. 18 Jim Crow, Inc.
  23. 19 “Stick with Us”
  24. 20 The Pride of Virginia
  25. Part III On Appeal
  26. 22 Going for the Jugular
  27. 23 At Loggerheads
  28. 24 The Six-Month Summer
  29. 25 Arrival of the Superchief
  30. 26 Simple Justice
  31. 27 Visible Man: Fifty Years After Brown
  32. Appendix: Text of the Decisions
  33. Sources and Acknowledgments
  34. Interviews and Correspondence

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