Brown v. Board of Education is widely recognised as one of the US Supreme Court's most important decisions in the twentieth century. Robert H. Jackson, an associate justice on the case, is generally considered one of the Court's most gifted writers. This book visits Brown v. Board of Education from ...

Brown v. Board of Education is widely recognised as one of the US Supreme Court's most important decisions in the twentieth century. Robert H. Jackson, an associate justice on the case, is generally considered one of the Court's most gifted writers. This book visits Brown v. Board of Education from Jackson's perspective and offers a reinterpretation of the justice's thinking.