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Book Reviews, Paul L. Murphy, Richard E. Ellis
Book Reviews, Paul L. Murphy, Richard E. Ellis
Vanderbilt Law Review
Simple Justice: The History of Brown v. Board of Education and Black America's Struggle for Equality By Richard Kluger
Reviewed by Paul L. Murphy
Richard Kluger is a novelist and editor who retired to devote his full time to an extensive study of the landmark Supreme Court decision of Brown v. Board of Education.' Perceiving the Brown decision as a watershed with respect to America's willingness to confront the consequences of centuries of racial discrimination, Kluger set out to tell the entire story of the Brown decision. Kluger approaches the Brown case not as a study of the law and …