From "Amistad" to "Brown": The March for Justice in the Courts.

Wilson, Margaret Bush; Gatewood, Diane Ridley

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ERIC Number: EJ590468

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Publication Date: 1999

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From "Amistad" to "Brown": The March for Justice in the Courts.

Wilson, Margaret Bush; Gatewood, Diane Ridley

Update on Law-Related Education, v23 n1 p14-17 Win 1999

Analyzes four significant court cases that span the rise of a body of jurisprudence in the United States known as civil rights law. Describes each of these cases in detail showing the profound impact they have had on the rights of all citizens and, in particular, African Americans. (CMK)

Descriptors: Blacks, Citizenship, Civil Law, Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Justice, Racial Discrimination, Racial Integration, Racial Segregation, Slavery, United States History

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Brown v Board of Education; Plessy v Ferguson

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