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Palermo, James; Fusani, David S. – Educational Studies: Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, 2021
This investigation employs the deconstruction techniques of Jacques Derrida to critique the Plessy v. Ferguson 1896 Supreme Court decision which segregated the Public Schools. Overturned by Brown v. the Board of Education of Topeka 1954, Plessy's racist message reverberates today in the cultural divide, in right-wing media, in politics, and in…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Racial Segregation, School Segregation, Racial Discrimination
Brydon, Steven R. – 1985
Using Chaim Perelman's concept of the "universal audience" as a method of analysis, an investigation was made into the images of equality under the law in two landmark Supreme Court rulings on segregation, "Plessy v. Ferguson" and "Brown v. Board of Education." The analysis revealed that the Supreme Court in both…
Descriptors: Audience Analysis, Communication Research, Comparative Analysis, Concept Formation