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Scholars discussed how racial discrimination in the U.S. has changed over the years. They talked about a number of topics including gains made by African-Americans in education, civic partic…

A panel of authors who have written books for the Oxford University Press’s History of the United States series talked about the periods of history they cover in the series. They also put cu…

James Patterson talked about his book Restless Giant: The United States from Watergate to Bush vs. Gore, issued in a new paperback edition by Oxford University Press. It is part of the Oxfor…

Mr. Patterson led a panel discussion about his book Brown v. Board of Education: A Civil Rights Milestone and Its Troubled Legacy, published by Oxford University Press. The book revisits the…

Participants talked about the impact and legacy of the Brown v. Board of Education case. Among the topics they addressed were the civil rights movement immediately after the decision, the qu…

America and the Courts featured Supreme Court attorneys' news conferences and Professor Patterson on Brown v. Board of Education. In the first segment, following an introduction by Mr. Sa…

Mr. Patterson spoke about his book, Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945-1974. The book reviews the evolution of America from the end of World War II to the downfall of President Nixo…