Tramping for Justice

Résumé du livre

"In May 1954 the United States Supreme Court ruled that segregation in education was unconstitutional. Schools were given one year to desegregate. The Baltimore City School Board, however, ordered immediate compliance, effective the following fall. There was hesitation on the part of some in the larger community, defiance on the part of others, but the school year would proceed largely without incident. In many ways, the relative ease of the transition can be traced to the twelve years immediately prior to Brown and to the watershed event of the April 1942 March on Annapolis. During that elapse of time, the wall of Jim Crow was in effect, dismantled--taken down brick by brick. Victories against compulsory race segregation, "Jim Crow" segregation, in other areas prepared Baltimore for its inevitable demise in education. ... Through an examination of Baltimore during the period 1942-1954, this study will demonstrate that what may be termed in the singular as "the" struggle was in actuality many battles being waged simultaneously in multiple walks of life, in the various spaces of existence, and by many of the same folk. Though subtle, indirect, and non-coordinated, the multifaceted "attack" on discrimination brought about a call for an end to Jim Crow segregation."--Abstract, pages vi-vii.