TY - BOOK AU - Patterson,James T. TI - Brown v. Board of Education: a civil rights milestone and its troubled legacy T2 - Pivotal moments in American history AV - KF 4155 P317b 2002 U1 - 344.73 PY - 2002/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Brown, Oliver, KW - Topeka (Kan.) KW - Board of Education KW - Trials, litigation, etc KW - Discrimination in education KW - Law and legislation KW - United States KW - History KW - Segregation in education KW - African Americans KW - Civil rights N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-268) and index; Race and the schools before Brown -- The grass roots and struggling lawyers -- The Court decides -- Crossroads, 1954-55 -- Southern whites fight back -- Striving for racial balance in the 1960s -- The Burger Court surprises -- Stalemates -- Resegregation? -- Legacies and lessons -- Appendices ER -