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Untenable, Unchristian, And Unconstitutional , Carl Tobias
Untenable, Unchristian, And Unconstitutional , Carl Tobias
Missouri Law Review
Clara J. McKenney donated her residence to the city of Petersburg, Virginia, in 1924 for use as a free library. She gave the building as a memorial to her husband, William Robertson McKenney, a well-respected lawyer who had practiced in Petersburg for many years. Clara McKenney's deed of transfer stipulated that the library was "to be maintained for both white and colored persons: all of the building ... including the first floor and all above that [was] to be for the exclusive use of white persons; and the basement of the building [was] to be kept and maintained for the …
An Empirical And Constitutional Analysis Of Racial Ceilings And Public Schools, Michael Heise
An Empirical And Constitutional Analysis Of Racial Ceilings And Public Schools, Michael Heise
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
The Constitutional Ghetto, Robert L. Hayman, Nancy Levit
The Constitutional Ghetto, Robert L. Hayman, Nancy Levit
Nancy Levit
The goal of this Article is to assess two Supreme Court desegregation decisions. It is our view that Board of Education v. Dowell and Freeman v. Pitts are, by almost every measure, seriously flawed decisions. The opinions of the Court rest on epistemic premises - reductionist views of race and racism, and an absurdly formalistic conception of equality - that are by turns either anachronistic, cramped and inauthentic, or demonstrably wrong. Worse, they promote a vision of American society - fragmented, hierarchical, and shamelessly individualistic - that is fundamentally inconsistent both with the egalitarian norms embodied in the Fourteenth Amendment …
Untenable, Unchristian, And Unconstitutional, Carl W. Tobias
Untenable, Unchristian, And Unconstitutional, Carl W. Tobias
Law Faculty Publications
Professor Tobias provides an account of the ultimately successful 1960 efforts to desegregate the Petersburg, Virginia Public Library.
The Legal Rhetorical Structure For The Conversion Of Desegregation Lawsuits To Quality Education Lawsuits, Kevin D. Brown
The Legal Rhetorical Structure For The Conversion Of Desegregation Lawsuits To Quality Education Lawsuits, Kevin D. Brown
Articles by Maurer Faculty
No abstract provided.
The Constitutional Ghetto, Robert L. Hayman, Nancy Levit
The Constitutional Ghetto, Robert L. Hayman, Nancy Levit
Faculty Works
The goal of this Article is to assess two Supreme Court desegregation decisions. It is our view that Board of Education v. Dowell and Freeman v. Pitts are, by almost every measure, seriously flawed decisions. The opinions of the Court rest on epistemic premises - reductionist views of race and racism, and an absurdly formalistic conception of equality - that are by turns either anachronistic, cramped and inauthentic, or demonstrably wrong. Worse, they promote a vision of American society - fragmented, hierarchical, and shamelessly individualistic - that is fundamentally inconsistent both with the egalitarian norms embodied in the Fourteenth Amendment …
Disagreement And Interpretation, Robert F. Nagel
After The Desegregation Era: The Legal Dilemma Posed By Race And Education, Kevin D. Brown
After The Desegregation Era: The Legal Dilemma Posed By Race And Education, Kevin D. Brown
Articles by Maurer Faculty
No abstract provided.