Brown’s Ambiguous Legacy

Date

2009

Citation

Alex M. Johnson Jr., <em>Brown</em>’s Ambiguous Legacy, in Law Touched Our Hearts: A Generation Remembers Brown v. Board of Education , Vanderbilt University Press, 171–175 (2009).

UVA Law Faculty Affiliations

Alex M. Johnson Jr.

Public Policy and Regulation

John W. Glynn Jr. Law & Business Program

Center for the Study of Race and Law

Family Law Center

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