Simple Justice
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 1975,[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]
![]() First edition | |
Author | Richard Kluger |
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Country | United States |
Genre | Legal history |
Published | 1975 (Alfred A. Knopf) |
Pages | 823 (1st ed.) |
ISBN | 0-394-47289-6 |
OCLC | 1602027 |
344/.73/0798 | |
LC Class | KF4155 .K55 1976 |
References
- 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.
- "National Book Awards - 1977". National Book Awards. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
- Schmidt, Christopher (September 2004). "A Classic and Its Progeny". H-Net. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
- Head, Helaine (1993-01-18), Simple Justice, retrieved 2016-08-02
- 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.
External links
- Clips from the American Experience episode
- Richard Kluger's Homepage for Simple Justice
- Review in Yale Law Journal by Burke Marshall.
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