{"product_id":"we-face-the-dawn-margaret-edds-9780813942643","title":"We Face the Dawn: Oliver Hill, Spottswood Robinson, and the Legal Team That Dismantled Jim Crow","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe decisive victories in the fight for racial equality in America were not easily won, much less inevitable; they were achieved through carefully conceived strategy and the work of tireless individuals dedicated to this most urgent struggle. In \u003ci\u003eWe Face the Dawn, \u003c\/i\u003e Margaret Edds tells the gripping story of how the South's most significant grassroots legal team challenged the barriers of racial segregation in mid-century America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVirginians Oliver Hill and Spottswood Robinson initiated and argued one of the five cases that combined into the landmark \u003ci\u003eBrown v. Board of Education, \u003c\/i\u003e but their influence extends far beyond that momentous ruling. They were part of a small brotherhood, headed by social-justice pioneer Thurgood Marshall and united largely through the Howard Law School, who conceived and executed the NAACP's assault on racial segregation in education, transportation, housing, and voting. Hill and Robinson's work served as a model for southern states and an essential underpinning for Brown. When the Virginia General Assembly retaliated with laws designed to disbar the two lawyers and discredit the NAACP, they defiantly carried the fight to the United States Supreme Court and won.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt a time when numerous schools have resegregated and the prospects of many minority children appear bleak, Hill and Robinson's remarkably effective campaign against various forms of racial segregation can inspire a new generation to embrace educational opportunity as the birthright of every American child.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Margaret Edds\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813942640\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813942643\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Virginia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/05\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 424\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.10d","brand":"Margaret Edds","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992487952639,"sku":"9780813942643","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e3cb5086-7680-4aa6-9d93-6503ece10d75.jpg?v=1683319215","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/we-face-the-dawn-margaret-edds-9780813942643","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}