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Social Scientists for Social Justice : Making the Case against Segregation / John P. Jackson Jr.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Critical America ; 85Publisher: New York, NY : New York University Press, [2001]Copyright date: ©2001Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780814743836
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 340/.115 21
LOC classification:
  • KF228.B76 J33 2001
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: Framing the Historical Problem -- I. Background -- 2. The Study of Race between the Wars -- 3. Effect of World War II on the Study of Racial Prejudice -- II. Forging the Alliance -- 4. The American Jewish Congress -- 5. Pre-Brown Litigation -- III. Brown Litigation -- 6. Recruiting Expert Witnesses -- 7. Testimony of the Experts -- 8. Supreme Court Hearings and Decision, Brown I -- 9. Supreme Court Hearings and Decision, Brown II -- IV. Dissolution -- 10. Committee of Social Science Consultants -- 11. Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author
Summary: In one of the twentieth century's landmark Supreme Court cases, Brown v. Board of Education, social scientists such as Kenneth Clark helped to convince the Supreme Court Justices of the debilitating psychological effects of racism and segregation. John P. Jackson, Jr., examines the well-known studies used in support of Brown, such as Clark’s famous “doll tests,” as well as decades of research on race which lead up to the case. Jackson reveals the struggles of social scientists in their effort to impact American law and policy on race and poverty and demonstrates that without these scientists, who brought their talents to bear on the most pressing issues of the day, we wouldn’t enjoy the legal protections against discrimination we may now take for granted. For anyone interested in the history and legacy of Brown v. Board of Education, this is an essential book.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: Framing the Historical Problem -- I. Background -- 2. The Study of Race between the Wars -- 3. Effect of World War II on the Study of Racial Prejudice -- II. Forging the Alliance -- 4. The American Jewish Congress -- 5. Pre-Brown Litigation -- III. Brown Litigation -- 6. Recruiting Expert Witnesses -- 7. Testimony of the Experts -- 8. Supreme Court Hearings and Decision, Brown I -- 9. Supreme Court Hearings and Decision, Brown II -- IV. Dissolution -- 10. Committee of Social Science Consultants -- 11. Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author

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In one of the twentieth century's landmark Supreme Court cases, Brown v. Board of Education, social scientists such as Kenneth Clark helped to convince the Supreme Court Justices of the debilitating psychological effects of racism and segregation. John P. Jackson, Jr., examines the well-known studies used in support of Brown, such as Clark’s famous “doll tests,” as well as decades of research on race which lead up to the case. Jackson reveals the struggles of social scientists in their effort to impact American law and policy on race and poverty and demonstrates that without these scientists, who brought their talents to bear on the most pressing issues of the day, we wouldn’t enjoy the legal protections against discrimination we may now take for granted. For anyone interested in the history and legacy of Brown v. Board of Education, this is an essential book.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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