On Tue, 25 May 2004, Dan Minette wrote:
> The reality of the '60s and '70s and even into the '90s is desegregation
> was pushed by court order. What happened was, after roughly 10 years,
> courts decided that "all due speed" was not being used and started
> getting involved in the nitty gritty of deciding exactly how
> desegregation was to be implemented. In other words, the leadership of
> the court was strengthened during this period, to the constant howls of
> "judicial tyrrany."
Actually, my understanding (and this was from a special on PBS about Brown
v. Board of Education) was that it was "all deliberate speed" which could
mean "unhurried". Which didn't make the plaintiffs happy as various
districts dragged their feet on the issue. (There were actually several
cases brought before the Supreme Court, but it was the Topeka case that
was heard, that being the only non-southern suit in the bunch.)
Julia
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