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Standing Up for Brown in Danville

Richard W. Bourne
University of Baltimore School of Law

2009

LAW TOUCHED OUR HEARTS: A GENERATION REMEMBERS BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION, pp. 143-148, Mildred W. Robinson and Richard J. Bonnie, eds., Vanderbilt University Press, 2009

Abstract:
The author recounts growing up in the 1950's and 60's in the context of the Brown v. Board of Education decision, and its impact on the American South, specifically its effects on society in Danville, VA, where the author grew up. The overall struggle for racial equality is also discussed with the Brown decision as a backdrop.

Keywords: Brown v. Board of Education, racial equality, reminiscences, racial history, race relations, afro-americans, desegregation, Martin Luther King,

JEL Classifications: K19, K39, K49, I28, I29, J15

Working Paper Series

Date posted: October 01, 2009 ; Last revised: October 12, 2009

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Bourne, Richard W., Standing Up for Brown in Danville (2009). LAW TOUCHED OUR HEARTS: A GENERATION REMEMBERS BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION, pp. 143-148, Mildred W. Robinson and Richard J. Bonnie, eds., Vanderbilt University Press, 2009. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1480746

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Richard W. Bourne (Contact Author)

University of Baltimore School of Law ( email )

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