Richard Kluger's "Simple Justice" after 29 Years

Autor/in	Lowe, Robert
Titel	Richard Kluger's "Simple Justice" after 29 Years
Quelle	In: History of Education Quarterly, 44 (2004) 1, S.125-132 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-2680
DOI	10.1111/j.1748-5959.2004.tb00154.x
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Equal Education; School Desegregation; Racial Identification; Court Litigation; African American Education; Racial Segregation; Content Analysis; Politics of Education; Activism; Advocacy; Historical Interpretation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Integrative Schule; Rechtsstreit; Rassentrennung; Inhaltsanalyse; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Sozialanwaltschaft; Historische Interpretation
Abstract	Although it is obligatory to mark the anniversary of "Brown v. Board of Education," why it deserves to be commemorated is not necessarily obvious at a distance of fifty years. In this article, the author discusses this issue in the light of Richard Kluger's remarkable book--"Simple Justice." He states that, today the widespread existence of separate and unequal education--to say nothing of the problem of together but unequal education in desegregated schools--may make "Brown" seem especially small and distant. Yet Kluger's "Simple Justice," which views "Brown" from its past rather than its future, recaptures its significance by relating how much progress it represented at the time. The book was indefatigably researched, eloquently written, and displaying the skills of a superb raconteur, it was meant to be accessible to a broad readership and at the same time won immediate praise from legal scholars, political scientists, and historians. It guides the reader through the devolution and evolution of the law--from the post-Reconstruction legal decisions that gutted the Fourteenth Amendment to, in essence, its slow restoration through a series of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) that culminated in "Brown." Along the way there are impressive discussions of cases but Kluger focuses on the process by which the justices reached a decision in "Brown" and, more extensively, the legal strategy the NAACP employed that made the decision possible. (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10