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Dead-End Road (Paperback)
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Dead-End Road (Paperback)
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Loot Price R335
Discovery Miles 3 350
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DEAD-END ROAD may be more aptly entitled, Another Brown vs. Board
of Education. This book captures the historical, educational and
political events surrounding Jasper Brown and his struggles to
integrate the public schools in Caswell County, North Carolina.
man, husband, father and community leader, took a bold stand in
pursuit of justice, freedom and equality of education for his four
children and other black children living in Caswell County. of the
Caswell County Branch of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), initiated desegregation of
the Caswell County School System. and others filed a lawsuit and
embarked upon a bitter court battle. Six years later, the Federal
4th Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia ordered Caswell County
officials to integrate the public schools. white men in
self-defense and was arrested to stand trial. Ebony and Newsweek
magazines ran stories about the shooting. During the trial, the
late, Honorable Thurgood E. Marshall assisted with Jasper's
defense. successful, Jasper and his family suffered humiliation,
degradation, dehumanization, financial loss and even threats on
their lives. Yet, through it all, Jasper and his family held fast
to their faith and trust in God that His justice would prevail.
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