Remembering Brown at Fifty: The University of Illinois Commemorates Brown v. Board of Education

By: Constance Curry and Juan Williams and George Lipsitz and John Hope Franklin and David O'Brien and Julian Bond and Lani Guinier and Darlene Clark Hine and John Jennings and Christopher Benson and Mary L. Dudziak and Ralph Lemon and Orville Vernon Burton and Jason Chambers and Freeman A. Hrabowski and Kathryn H. Anthony and Joe Feagin and Carrie Mae Weems and Kal Alston and Margaret L Andersen and Nathaniel C Banks and Bernice McNair Barnett and Ed Blankenheim and Joseph A. De Laine and Ophelia De Gona and Jim Loewen and Laughlin McDonald and James C. Onderdonk and Sekou Sundiata and Christopher Teal and Nicholas Watkins and Joy Ann WIlliamson

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Synopsis: Inspired by the University of Illinois's celebration of the Brown v. Board of Education decision's fiftieth anniversary in 2004, this collection addresses the significance of the Brown decision in the contributors' lives or work in education and civil rights. The book stands as a historic document in its own right, preserving the reactions of many prominent intellectuals, artists, and activists fifty years after the decision. Contributors are Kal Alston, Margaret L. Andersen, Kathryn H. Anthony, Nathaniel C. Banks, Bernice McNair Barnett, Christopher Benson, Ed Blankenheim, Julian Bond, Orville Vernon Burton, Jason Chambers, Constance Curry, Joseph A. De Laine Jr., Mary L. Dudziak, Joe R. Feagin, John Hope Franklin, Ophelia De Laine Gona, Lani Guinier, Darlene Clark Hine, Freeman A. Hrabowski III, John Jennings, Ralph Lemon, George Lipsitz, Jim Loewen, Laughlin McDonald, David O'Brien, James C. Onderdonk, Sekou Sundiata, Christopher Teal, Nicholas Watkins, Carrie Mae Weems, Juan Williams, and Joy Ann Williamson.