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Race, Rhetoric, and Justice

Selected Civil Rights Cases:

Brown v. Board of Education

Overview

Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
From the PBS documentary Thirteen website.

Timeline

Brown v. Board of Education Timeline
From the National Archives.

Court Case

Brown v. Bd. of Educ., 347 U.S. 483 (Nexis Uni)

Silent Covenants by Derrick A. Bell (EBSCO eBook) Looks at continuing repercussions of Brown v. Board of Education and, despite the original intentions, its frequently negative impact on the educational needs of African-American children.
ISBN: 9780195183979
Publication Date: 2004

Plessy v. Ferguson

Overview

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
From the PBS documentary Thirteen website.

Court Case

Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (Nexis Uni)

Shelley v. Kraemer

Overview

1948: Shelley v. Kraemer
From the Fair Housing Center of Greater Boston timeline of housing segregation in Eastern Massachusetts.
Shelley House National Historic Landmark (National Park Service)

Court Case

Shelley v. Kraemer, 334 U.S. 1 (Nexis Uni)

Korematsu v. U.S.

Overview

Korematsu v U.S.
From the PBS documentary Thirteen website.

Court Case

Korematsu v. United States, 323 U.S. 214 (Nexis Uni)

Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing

Overview

Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.
Wikipedia article

Court Case

Village of Arlington Heights v. Metro. Hous. Dev. Corp., 429 U.S. 252 (Nexis Uni)

Loving v. Virginia

Overview

Looking Back at the Landmark Case, Loving v. Virginia
From the ACLU

Court Case

Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1 (Nexis Uni)

Griggs v. Duke Power Co.

Overview

Griggs v. Duke Power
From the North Carolina History Project

Court Case

Griggs v. Duke Power Co., 401 U.S. 424 (Nexis Uni)

Lau v. Nichols

Overview

Lau v. Nichols
Wikipedia article

Court Case

Lau v. Nichols, 414 U.S. 563 (Nexis Uni)

Romer v. Evans

Overview

Romer v. Evans
From Lambda Legal

Court Case

Romer v. Evans, 517 U.S. 620 (Nexis Uni)

Regents of University of California v. Bakke (1978)

Overview

Regents of University of California v. Bakke (1978)
From the PBS documentary Thirteen website.

Court Case

Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, 438 U.S. 265 (Nexis Uni)

Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin

Overview

Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin
From the ACLU

Court Case

Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin (Nexis Uni)

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