Children of the dream : why school integration works / Rucker C. Johnson, with Alexander Nazaryan.

"The Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education in 1954, which declared the racial segregation of American schools unconstitutional, is universally understood as a landmark moment in our nation's history. Yet looking back from the present day, we judge the integrationist dream post-Brow...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Johnson, Rucker C. (Author)
Nazaryan, Alexander (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Basic Books, [2019.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
School integration > United States.
Segregation in education > United States.
Educational equalization > United States.
Educational equalization.
School integration.
Segregation in education.
United States.
Physical Description:xii, 320 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction: The dream deferred
  • Forward march. Before Brown-and beyond
  • The integrated classroom
  • Equality promised, equality denied
  • Getting ahead with Head Start
  • Putting the pieces together
  • The dream reversed. Busing in Boston: "We won't go to school with n-rs."
  • How Charlotte (briefly) got it right
  • The battle of Jefferson County
  • Memphis City school blues
  • Conclusion: Coming up together.