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Symposium: Brown V. Board Of Education And Its Legacy: A Tribute To Justice Thurgood Marshall, The Historical Setting Of Brown And Its Impact On The Supreme Court's Decision, Constance Baker Motley
Symposium: Brown V. Board Of Education And Its Legacy: A Tribute To Justice Thurgood Marshall, The Historical Setting Of Brown And Its Impact On The Supreme Court's Decision, Constance Baker Motley
Fordham Law Review
Judge Motley provides an insightful overview of the Brown v. Board of Education decision in an historical context In addition to analyzing several Supreme Court decisions that preceded Brown, Judge Motley focuses on the role of Thurgood Marshall as both a strategist and tactician during this dynamic period in our history. Judge Motley concludes by examining the immediate impact of Brown on the civil rights movement in America.
Symposium: Brown V. Board Of Education And Its Legacy: A Tribute To Justice Thurgood Marshall, Public Law Litigation And The Ambiguties Of Brown, Mark Tushnet
Fordham Law Review
Professor Tushnet posits that the Supreme Court's concern for gradually carrying out desegregation in the public schools ironically gave rise to "'public law litigation"---an aggressive form ofjudicial review. Specifically. Professor Tushnet argues that the "all deliberate speed" standard, which separated the right from the remedy, enabled the courts to become a more powerful institution in shaping social policy. Throughout his speech, Professor Tushnet provides insight into the thought processes of the Supreme Court justices at the time of the Brown decision.
Symposium: Brown V. Board Of Education And Its Legacy: A Tribute To Justice Thurgood Marshall, The Other Desegregation Story: Eradicating The Dual School System In Hillborough County, Florida, Drew S. Days, Iii
Fordham Law Review
Professor Days describes the successful desegregation of the Hillsborough County, Florida school system. The Hillsborough case was originally filed by Thurgood Marshall and Constance Baker Motley and exemplifies the optimal outcome of Brown.
Symposium: Brown V. Board Of Education And Its Legacy: A Tribute To Justice Thurgood Marshall, The Overthrow Of Monroe V. Pape: A Chapter In The Legacy Of Thurgood Marshall, Conrad K. Harper
Fordham Law Review
As the first Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, otherwise known as the "Inc. Fund," Thurgood Marshall helped establish the Inc Fund's tradition of landmark civil rights litigation. Mr. Harper discusses in this article the role played by the Inc Fund and Justice Marshall in overthrowing Monroe v. Pape and its curtailment of civil rights suits against municipalities. The instrument for change was Harkdess v. Sweeny Independent School District, a suit filed on behalf of seventeen Black schoolteachers who were discriminatorily fired by a Texas school district.
Symposium: Brown V. Board Of Education And Its Legacy: A Tribute To Justice Thurgood Marshall, The Limitless Horizons Of Brown V. Board Of Education, Louis H. Pollack
Symposium: Brown V. Board Of Education And Its Legacy: A Tribute To Justice Thurgood Marshall, The Limitless Horizons Of Brown V. Board Of Education, Louis H. Pollack
Fordham Law Review
Judge Pollak discusses the impact of Brown on Supreme Court jurisprudence. He begins by recounting Morgan v. Virginia--a significant Supreme Court decision that foreshadowed the holding of Brown. The remainder of Judge Pollak's speech highlights Brown's impact on, inter alia, First Amendment jurisprudence and international law.
Symposium: Brown V. Board Of Education And Its Legacy: A Tribute To Justice Thurgood Marshall, Introductory Remarks, William Michael Treanor
Symposium: Brown V. Board Of Education And Its Legacy: A Tribute To Justice Thurgood Marshall, Introductory Remarks, William Michael Treanor
Fordham Law Review
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Symposium: Brown V. Board Of Education And Its Legacy: A Tribute To Justice Thurgood Marshall, Panel I, Concluding Remarks, Paul R. Dimond
Symposium: Brown V. Board Of Education And Its Legacy: A Tribute To Justice Thurgood Marshall, Panel I, Concluding Remarks, Paul R. Dimond
Fordham Law Review
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Symposium: Brown V. Board Of Education And Its Legacy: A Tribute To Justice Thurgood Marshall, Missouri V. Jenkins: Are We Really A Desgregated Society?, Theodore M. Shaw
Symposium: Brown V. Board Of Education And Its Legacy: A Tribute To Justice Thurgood Marshall, Missouri V. Jenkins: Are We Really A Desgregated Society?, Theodore M. Shaw
Fordham Law Review
The Brown decision bucked a centuries-old tradition of discrimination in America, but that tradition has not been easily overcome. Professor Shaw discusses Missouri v. Jenkins and questions whether society has really changed in its attitude towards segregated schools.
Symposium: Brown V. Board Of Education And Its Legacy: A Tribute To Justice Thurgood Marshall, Learning Together: Justice Marshall's Desegregation Opinions, Maria L. Marcus
Fordham Law Review
In this Article, Professor Marcus examines the influence of Justice Thurgood Marshall on the Supreme Court's current school desegregation agenda. Justice Marshall was part of the majority in desegregation cases during his earlier years on the high Court subsequently, however, his role became one of dissenter. Professor Marcus analyzes the divisive issues facing the Court in desegregation litigation, Marshall's positions on such issues, and his legacy to the Court in this area. Finally, the Article assesses the vitality of this legacy in light of two Supreme Court decisions issued after Justice Marshall's retirement.
Symposium: Brown V. Board Of Education And Its Legacy: A Tribute To Justice Thurgood Marshall, Panel Ii, Concluding Remarks, Paul R. Dimond
Symposium: Brown V. Board Of Education And Its Legacy: A Tribute To Justice Thurgood Marshall, Panel Ii, Concluding Remarks, Paul R. Dimond
Fordham Law Review
No abstract provided.
Symposium: Brown V. Board Of Education And Its Legacy: A Tribute To Justice Thurgood Marshall, Milliken V. Bradley: Brown's Troubled Journey North, Nathaniel R. Jones
Symposium: Brown V. Board Of Education And Its Legacy: A Tribute To Justice Thurgood Marshall, Milliken V. Bradley: Brown's Troubled Journey North, Nathaniel R. Jones
Fordham Law Review
Milliken v. Bradley represents the impact that Brown v. Board of Education had on Northern school In this discussion, Judge Jones describes the social changes that led to the Detroit school case and the plaintiffs'path up and down the judicial system to ultimate desegregation of Detroit schools.