Reconsidering Roosevelt on Race
Subtitle: How the Presidency Paved the Road to Brown
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: December 10, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780226500867
Subjects: American history; Ethnic studies; POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; USA; Discrimination & Racism; Government - U.S. Government; United States - 20th Century; Social Science / Discrimination & Race Relations; Americas (North Central South West Indies); General; (Franklin Delano),; 1882-1945; 20th century; African Americans; Civil rights; History; Law and legislation; Legal status, laws, etc.; Relations with African America; Roosevelt, Franklin D; Segregation in education; United States
First sentence: "Shocked." That was the word Governor James "Jimmy" Byrnes of South Carolina used to describe his reaction to the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education.