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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Toward the meeting of the waters Toward the meeting of the waters Orville Vernon Burton,Winfred B. Moore This book takes a provocative look into civil rights progress in the Palmetto State from activists, statesmen, and historians. Toward the Meeting of the Waters represents a watershed moment in civil … OL16801428W
Hitler's American Model Hitler's American Model James Q. Whitman How American race law provided a blueprint for Nazi Germany. Nazism triumphed in Germany during the high era of Jim Crow laws in the United States. Did the American regime of racial oppression in any… OL17761716W
Race and education, 1954-2007 Race and education, 1954-2007 Raymond Wolters "Retracing Supreme Court decisions on race and education beginning with the Brown v. Board of Education decision, Wolters distinguishes between desegregation and integration and shows how devastating… OL3273625W
American apartheid American apartheid Douglas S. Massey Traces the development and consequences of white society's attempts to segregate and isolate blacks as they migrated from the South to other parts of America during the 20th century. OL4286645W
Brown v. Board of Education Brown v. Board of Education James T. Patterson,William W. Freehling Many people were elated when Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren delivered Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka in May 1954, the ruling that struck down state-sponsored racial segregation in Ame… OL64769W