The NAACP's Legal Strategy Against Segregated Education, 1925-1950

The NAACP's fight against segregated education--the first public interest litigation campaign--culminated in the 1954 Brown decision. While touching on the general social, political, and economic climate in which the NAACP acted, Mark V. Tushnet emphasizes the internal workings of the organization as revealed in its own documents. He argues that the dedication and the political and legal skills of staff members such as Walter White, Charles Hamilton Houston, and Thurgood Marshall were responsible for the ultimate success of public interest law. This edition contains a new epilogue by the author that addresses general questions of litigation strategy, the persistent question of whether the Brown decision mattered, and the legacy of Brown through the Burger and Rehnquist courts.

Author: Mark V. Tushnet
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 02/28/2005
Pages: 244
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.24w x 0.66d
ISBN: 9780807855959

About the Author
Mark V. Tushnet, professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center, is author, coauthor, or editor of twenty books, including a two-volume history of Thurgood Marshall's years on the Supreme Court.