Remembering Brown at fifty: The University of Illinois commemorates Brown v. Board of Education
Source:University of Illinois Press, Urbana, p.435 (2009)
Call Number:Cubb KF4155 .R45 2009
Keywords:1918-1961--Trials, African Americans--Civil rights, Brown, Civil rights--United States, Discrimination in education--Law and legislation--United States--History, etc, litigation, Oliver, Segregation in education--Law and legislation--United States--History, Topeka (Kan.). Board of Education--Trials
Contents: Brown : its history and legacy -- Brown and lived experience -- The arts and Brown -- Illinois and Brown -- Public intellectuals and Brown and its legacy.
"Inspired by the University of Illinois's celebration of the Brown v. Board of Education decision's fiftieth anniversary in 2004, this collection addresses the significance of the Brown decision in the contributors' lives or work in education and civil rights. Several authors describe their personal roles in the Brown case or similar cases, while others examine and illustrate events, performances, and exhibitions that were part of the anniversary commemoration. The book not only explores the repercussions of the Brown decision, but also stands as a historic document in its own right, preserving the reactions of many prominent intellectuals, artists, and activists fifty years after the decision."