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The Pursuit of Racial and Ethnic Equality in American Public by Kristi L. Bowman

By Kristi L. Bowman

In 1954 the ideal courtroom determined Brown v. Board of Education; ten years later, Congress enacted the Civil Rights Act. those huge alterations in American legislation dramatically extended academic possibilities for racial and ethnic minority young children around the kingdom. additionally they replaced the reports of white kids, who've discovered in more and more different study rooms. The authors of this commemorative quantity comprise prime students in legislations, schooling, and public coverage, in addition to very important ancient figures. Taken jointly, the chapters hint the narrative arc of college desegregation within the usa, starting in California within the Nineteen Forties, carrying on with via Brown v. Board, the Civil Rights Act, and 3 vital ideally suited courtroom judgements approximately tuition desegregation and voluntary integration in 1974, 1995, and 2007. The authors additionally check the prestige of racial and ethnic equality in schooling this present day and think about the viability of destiny criminal and coverage reform in pursuit of the pursuits of Brown v. Board. This amazing selection of voices in dialog with each other lays the foundation for destiny discussions in regards to the dating among legislations and academic equality, and eventually for the construction of latest public coverage. A worthy reference for students and scholars alike, this dynamic textual content is a crucial contribution to the literature via a superb crew of authors.

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85. Brief for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People as Amicus Curiae, 7, 29, Westminster School District of Orange County v. 2d 774 (9th Cir. 1947) (No. 11310). 86. 2d 774. 87. , 14. 88. 2d 774; ED CRAY, CHIEF JUSTICE: A BIOGRAPHY OF EARL WARREN, 167 (Simon & Schuster 1997). 89. 1947 California Statute chapter 737, September 10, 1947; WOLLENBERG, ALL DELIBERATE SPEED, 132. Governor Warren signed the bill on June 14. 90. 2d 774. No transcript appears to have been kept of the oral argument.

D. Cal. 1946), affirmed on appeal, Westminster v. 2d 774 (9th Cir. 1947). 4. Ibid. P H ILIP PA STRUM Our Children Are Americans Mendez v. Westminster and Mexican American Rights Gonzalo Méndez and his wife Felícitas Méndez were running a café in the small southern California city of Santa Ana when World War II began. The two had met as farm workers in nearby Westminster, in the heart of citrus-growing country. The café was thriving but Gonzalo had long dreamed of running a farm of his own. When the Munemitsus, the Japanese American owners of a farm in Westminster, were sent to a relocation camp and worried about what would happen to the farm during their absence, the Méndezes leased it until the Munemitsus could return.

Cal. 1946), affirmed on appeal, Westminster v. 2d 774 (9th Cir. 1947). 4. Ibid. P H ILIP PA STRUM Our Children Are Americans Mendez v. Westminster and Mexican American Rights Gonzalo Méndez and his wife Felícitas Méndez were running a café in the small southern California city of Santa Ana when World War II began. The two had met as farm workers in nearby Westminster, in the heart of citrus-growing country. The café was thriving but Gonzalo had long dreamed of running a farm of his own. When the Munemitsus, the Japanese American owners of a farm in Westminster, were sent to a relocation camp and worried about what would happen to the farm during their absence, the Méndezes leased it until the Munemitsus could return.

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