The N.A.A.C.P.'s Legal Strategy against Segregated Education, 1925-1950 - Softcover

Tushnet, Mark V.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807855952 ISBN 13: 9780807855959

Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press, 2005

Synopsis

The N.A.A.C.P.'s fight against segregated education--the first public interest litigation campaign--culminated in the 1954 Brown decision. While touching on the general social, political, and economic climate in which the N.A.A.C.P. acted, Mark V. Tushnet emphasizes the internal workings of the organization as revealed in its own documents. He argues that the dedication and the political and legal skills of staff members such as Walter White, Charles Hamilton Houston, and Thurgood Marshall were responsible for the ultimate success of public interest law. This edition contains a new epilogue by the author that addresses general questions of litigation strategy, the persistent question of whether the Brown decision mattered, and the legacy of Brown through the Burger and Rehnquist courts.

About this title

About the Author

Mark V. Tushnet, professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center is author, coauthor, or editor of twenty books, including a two-volume history of Thurgood Marshall's years on the Supreme Court.

From the Back Cover

Tushnet shows how the skills, personalities, and talent in the NAACP legal team led to the success of the first public interest litigation campaign. A new epilogue for this edition addresses litigation strategy and the legacy of Brown v. Board of Education.

Edition details

• Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807855952
• ISBN 13: 9780807855959
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 262