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Revolution by law : the federal government and the desegregation of Alabama schools

Title
Revolution by law : the federal government and the desegregation of Alabama schools / Brian K. Landsberg.
Author
Landsberg, Brian K.
Publication
  • Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2022]
  • ©2022

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Description
ix, 246; 23 cm
Summary
"The landmark Brown v. Board of Education case was the start of a long period of desegregation, but Brown did not give a road map for how to achieve this lofty goal; it only provided the destination. In the years that followed, the path towards the fulfillment of this vision for school integration was worked out in the courts through the efforts of the Civil Rights Division of the US Department of Justice. One of the major cases on this path was Lee v. Macon County Board of Education (1967). Revolution by Law traces the growth of Lee v. Macon County from a simple school desegregation case in rural Alabama to a decision that paved the way for ending state imposed racial segregation of the schools in the Deep South. Author Brian Landsberg began his career as a young attorney working for the Civil Rights Division of the DOJ in 1964, the year after the lawsuit was filed that would lead to the Lee decision. As someone personally involved in the legal struggle for civil rights, Landsberg writes with first-hand knowledge of the case. His carefully researched study of this important case argues that private plaintiffs, the United States executive branch, the federal courts, and eventually Congress each played important roles in transforming the South from the most segregated to the least segregated region of the United States. The Lee case played a central role in dismantling Alabama's official racial caste system, and the decision became the model both for other statewide school desegregation cases and for cases challenging conditions in prisons and institutions for mentally ill people. Revolution by Law gives readers a deep understanding of the methods used by the federal government to desegregate the schools of the Deep South"--
Subject
  • Lee, Anthony T. > Trials, litigation, etc
  • Macon County (Ala.). Board of Education > Trials, litigation, etc
  • United States. Department of Justice. Civil Rights Division > History > 20th century
  • Macon County (Ala.). Board of Education
  • United States. Department of Justice. Civil Rights Division
  • 1900-1999
  • School integration > Law and legislation > Cases. > Alabama
  • African Americans > Law and legislation > History. > Alabama
  • African Americans > Civil rights > History and criticism
  • African Americans > History and criticism > 20th century
  • Trials
  • Alabama
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • "Bibliographic essay": pages 231-232.
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction : Tuskegee, Alabama, September 9, 1963 -- The Ratchet principle : Truman sets federal civil rights policy for his successors in office -- Macon County and Alabama's racial caste system -- The school desegregation case begins -- New year, new schools, new law -- The case goes statewide -- Aftermath : response to the statewide decree -- "Watch what we do" -- Conclusion.
Call Number
Sc E 22-1663
ISBN
  • 9780700633203
  • 0700633200
LCCN
2021043873
OCLC
1289920678
Author
Landsberg, Brian K., author.
Title
Revolution by law : the federal government and the desegregation of Alabama schools / Brian K. Landsberg.
Publisher
Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2022]
Copyright Date
©2022
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
"Bibliographic essay": pages 231-232.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chronological Term
1900-1999
Research Call Number
Sc E 22-1663
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