Legacies Of Brown

by Carter, Dorinda J.; Flores, Stella M.; Reddick, Richard J.

• ISBN13: 9780916690434
• ISBN10: 0916690431
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-10-30
• Publisher: Harvard Educational Review

Summary

"This book illuminates the effects of segregation, desegregation, and integration on students, practitioners, communities, and policymakers in the fifty years since the landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling. Articles by leading legal and education scholars address questions that are central to the ruling's complex and immensely influential legacy."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Surprising legacies of Brown v. Board	p. 9
Desegregation policy and the law	p. 37
Race, politics, and the courts : school desegregation in San Francisco	p. 41
Bilingual education : the legal mandate	p. 85
From the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo to Hopwood : the educational plight and struggle of Mexican Americans in the southwest	p. 121
The economy of literacy : how the Supreme Court stalled the civil rights movement	p. 181
Communities of difference : a critical look at desegregated spaces created for and by youth	p. 209
Serving the purpose of education	p. 247
Fact and fiction : stories of Puerto Ricans in U.S. schools	p. 267
A black student's reflection on public and private schools	p. 297
Holistic integration : an anniversary reflection on the goals of Brown v. Board of Education	p. 303
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