Some Legacies of Brown v. Board of Education

Authors

Mark V. Tushnet, Georgetown University Law CenterFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2004

Abstract

The litigation campaign against segregation that culminated in Brown v. Board of Education' remains an important subject of study. Brown continues to be controversial because Americans remain uncertain about what its substantive commitments were, and, perhaps more important, how those commitments, as we now understand them, fit together with the other values and institutions that provide the structure of contemporary politics. This Essay will follow up on three aspects of the litigation campaign preceding Brown in an effort to show how Brown and its legacy illuminate enduring features of the organization of the U.S. political system.

Comments

Copyright 2004 by the Virginia Law Review Association; Reprinted by permission of the Virginia Law Review Association.

Publication Citation

90 Va. L. Rev. 1693-1720 (2004)

Scholarly Commons Citation

Tushnet, Mark V., "Some Legacies of Brown v. Board of Education" (2004). Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works. 253.
https://scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/facpub/253