All Deliberate Speed: Reflections on the First Half Century of Brown v. Board of Education, by Charles J. Ogletree, Jr.

Abstract

1st ed. A Harvard Law School professor examines the impact that Brown v. Board of Education has had on his family, citing historical figures, while revealing how the reforms promised by the case were systematically undermined. The significance of Brown -- The legacy of segregation : what Brown meant in Merced -- Brown's promise : black students at Stanford -- Brown's failure : resistance in Boston -- Brown's challenge : carrying the torch -- Life before Brown -- Defeating Jim Crow -- Resistance to Brown -- Marshall and King : two paths of justice -- Reversing the Brown mandate : the Bakke challenge -- The legacy of Thurgood Marshall -- The rise of Clarence Thomas -- Who's getting lynched? : Hill v. Thomas -- Justice Thomas : a new era in race matters -- The Michigan cases : mixed signals -- Meeting the educational challenges of the twenty-first century -- Addressing the racial divide : reparations -- The integration ideal : sobering reflections.