num_pages: 272
description: This book addresses the origins, development, meanings, and consequences of the 1954 Supreme Court decision to end Jim Crow segregation. Using legal documents to frame the debates surrounding the case, Waldo Martin presents Brown v. Board of Education as an event, a symbol, and a key marker in the black liberation struggle.
language: English
title: Brown v. Board of Education: A Brief History with Documents
titlecomplete: Brown v. Board of Education: A Brief History with Documents (The Bedford Series in History and Culture)
genres: Education, History, American History, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 76
publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's