The NAACP's fight against segregated education - the first public interest litigation campaign - culminated in the 1954 Brown decision. While touching on the general social, political, and economic climate in which the NAACP acted, Mark V. Tushnet emphasizes the internal workings of the organization as revealed in its own documents. He argues that the dedication and the political and legal skills of staff members such as Walter White, Charles Hamilton Houston, and Thurgood Marshall were responsible for the ultimate success of public interest law. This edition contains a new epilogue by the author that addresses general questions of litigation strategy, the persistent question of whether the Brown decision mattered, and the legacy of Brown through the Burger and Rehnquist courts.
- ISBN10 0807864110
- ISBN13 9780807864111
- Publish Date 1 January 1982
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 2 October 2008
- Publish Country US
- Imprint The University of North Carolina Press
- Format eBook
- Language English