Simple Justice

Simple Justice: The History of Brown v. Board of Education and Black America's Struggle for Equality
Author Richard Kluger
Country United States
Genre Legal history
Published 1976 (Alfred A. Knopf)
Pages 823 (1st ed.)
ISBN 0-394-47289-6
OCLC 1602027
344/.73/0798
LC Class KF4155 .K55 1976

Simple Justice: The History of Brown v. Board of Education and Black America's Struggle for Equality, written by Richard Kluger and published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1976,[1] was a finalist for the 1977 National Book Award in the History category.[2] It is a detailed history of the litigation leading up to the United States Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education (1954) and its aftermath. The book has been called "a classic of legal history."[3] On January 18, 1993, a documentary based on the book was broadcast as an episode of the American Experience series during the fifth season.[4] A revised and expanded edition was published in 2011.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Kluger, Richard (1976). Simple Justice, the History of Brown v. Board of Education and Black America's Struggle for Equality. Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 0-394-47289-6.
  2. ↑ "National Book Awards - 1977". National Book Awards. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
  3. ↑ Schmidt, Christopher (September 2004). "A Classic and Its Progeny". H-Net. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
  4. ↑ Head, Helaine (1993-01-18), Simple Justice, retrieved 2016-08-02
  5. ↑ Kluger, Richard (2011-08-24). Simple Justice: The History of Brown v. Board of Education and Black America's Struggle for Equality. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN 9780307546081.


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