{"product_id":"blacks-against-brown-charise-l-cheney-9781469681641","title":"Blacks Against Brown: The Intra-Racial Struggle Over Segregated Schools in Topeka, Kansas","description":"\u003ci\u003eBrown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas\u003c\/i\u003e (1954) is regarded as one of the most significant civil rights moments in American history. Historical observers have widely viewed this landmark Supreme Court decision as a significant sign of racial progress for African Americans. However, there is another historical perspective that tells a much more complex tale of Black resistance to the NAACP's decision to pursue desegregating America's public schools. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis multifaceted history documents the intra-racial conflict among Black Topekans over the city's segregated schools. Black resistance to school integration challenges conventional narratives about \u003ci\u003eBrown\u003c\/i\u003e by highlighting community concerns about economic and educational opportunities for Black educators and students and Black residents' pride in all-Black schools. This history of the local story behind \u003ci\u003eBrown v. Board\u003c\/i\u003e contributes to a literature that provides a fuller and more complex perspective on African Americans and their relationship to Black education and segregated schools during the Jim Crow era. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charise L. Cheney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1469681641\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781469681641\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/19\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Charise L. Cheney","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45332046872831,"sku":"9781469681641","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f3efdc18-7122-46b2-a2c3-2fa7fbea279c.jpg?v=1713971597","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/blacks-against-brown-charise-l-cheney-9781469681641","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}