I have twice appeared on NPR's "All Things Considered" discussing my research on Brown v. Board of Education. The first time on 27 February 2001 and the second time on 11 December 2003.
John P. Jackson, Jr. , Science for Segregation: : Race, Law, and the Case Against Brown v. Board of Education (New York University Press, 2005)
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"A deeply-researched, fascinating, and judicious assessment of the
'scientific' arguments that were marshaled against the Supreme Court's
landmark school desegregation decision. Jackson has made a contribution
that will endure."-Raymond Wolters, author of Du Bois and His Rivals
With the fiftieth anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision, Brown v. Board of Education, now upon us many have begun to reflect upon
how the case altered the course of civil rights and education in
America. In a fascinating but understudied chapter of the years
following this momentous decision, John Jackson examines the scientific
case launched in Brown's wake to try to dismantle the legislation.
Offering a trenchant assessment of the so-called scientific evidence,
Jackson focuses on the 1959 formation of the International Society for
the Advancement of Ethnology and Eugenics (IAAEE) whose expressed
purpose was to objectively investigate racial differences and publicize
their findings. Notable figures included Carleton Putnam, Wesley Critz
George, and Carleton Coon. In an attempt to link race, eugenics and
intelligence, they launched legal challenges to the ruling, each
chronicled here, that were tried and ultimately unsuccessful. Speaking
volumes about the legacy of racism, we can see similar arguments alive
and well today in such books as The Bell Curve and in other debates
about race, science, and intelligence. With meticulous research and a
nuanced understanding of the complexities of race and law, Jackson tells
a disturbing but all-too-familiar tale about race in America.
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Social Scientists for Social
Justice: Making the Case Against Segregation (New York: New York University
Press, 2001)
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What the Reviewers Are Saying:
"A thoughtful and original book."
David Garrow, Wilson Quarterly, 2002
"Jackson has brought to light an important
chapter in the civil rights movement."
Kevin Mattson, Reviews in American History, 2002 "This is a very good book that is well worth reading." Vernon J. Williams, Jr. American Historical Review, 2002 "Jackson has written a fine monograph that traces the research of social psychologists on racial attitudes and discriminatory behavior from the 1930s to the 1950s, providing a sensible corrective to some of the revisionism on this topic." Walter A. Jackson, Isis, 2002 "Jackson's book breaks new ground.... The book is...important to all social scientists and historians interested in the Brown decision." Stephen Berger, Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, 2003 "Jackson's excellent study...greatly illuminates the development of social science knowledge about the crucial topic of race in modern America." Clarence E. Wunderlin, Jr. History of Education Quarterly, 2003 "Underlying Jackson's analysis is a profoundly interesting, yet untold story about the social networks that existed among black professionals before and during...World War II." Lori Waite, Contemporary Sociology, 2004 |
John P. Jackson, Jr. and Nadine M. Weidman, Race, Racism, and Science: Social Impact and Interaction (Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio, 2004)
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What the Reviewers are Saying:
"This is an excellent book that will be highly useful in courses on the history of scientific racism or biological determinism, the history of biology and anthropology, or introductory courses in either field.'
Garland Allen, Journal of the History of Biology, 2005.
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John P. Jackson, Jr., (editor), Science, Race, and Ethnicity: Readings from Isis and Osiris (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2002)
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What the Reviewers Are Saying:
"Assembling, as it does, a large number of important papers in one volume, Science, Race, and Ethnicity is sure to become an invaluable resource for scholars working in this important field." Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, Winter 2004
"It matters that the official organs of the History of Science Society are now less infrequently addressing issues of race and ethnicity in science-and that this fine collection of essays has made this scholarship more readily accessible." Bonnie Ellen Blustein, Isis, December 2004
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