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“The Path of Most Resistance” The Legal History of Brown v. Board of Education and its Rigid Journey From Topeka, Kansas to Cleveland, Ohio

Chambers, Cheyenne
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1307486060

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2011, Master of Arts, Case Western Reserve University, History.
This master’s thesis reevaluates the legal history of Brown v. Board of Education (1954) and its rigid journey from Topeka, Kansas to Cleveland, Ohio. At the beginning of this path lies the Jim Crow South, a land where de jure discrimination once thrived. The final destination is the progressive North, a region strongly shaped by de facto discrimination. As NAACP litigators led by Thurgood Marshall delivered passionate arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court, Chief Justice Earl Warren made an effort to desegregate public schools. However, despite the Court’s ruling of de jure segregation to be unconstitutional, Warren’s landmark decision could not prevent some Americans from the continued practice of racial discrimination. My assessment of Reed v. Rhodes outlines the end of this particular journey, one found along a path of most resistance.
Renee Sentilles (Advisor)
John Grabowski (Other)
Stephen Hall (Other)
Kenneth Ledford (Other)
105 p.
African American Studies; African Americans; Black History; Black Studies; Education; Education History; Education Policy; History; Law; Legal Studies; Public Policy; Sociology

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  • Chambers, C. (2011). “The Path of Most Resistance” The Legal History of Brown v. Board of Education and its Rigid Journey From Topeka, Kansas to Cleveland, Ohio [Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1307486060

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Chambers, Cheyenne. “The Path of Most Resistance” The Legal History of Brown v. Board of Education and its Rigid Journey From Topeka, Kansas to Cleveland, Ohio. 2011. Case Western Reserve University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1307486060.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Chambers, Cheyenne. "“The Path of Most Resistance” The Legal History of Brown v. Board of Education and its Rigid Journey From Topeka, Kansas to Cleveland, Ohio." Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1307486060

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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