After Brown: The Rise and Retreat of School Desegregation

by Charles T. Clotfelter

Book Overview

The United States Supreme Court's 1954 landmark decision, Brown v. Board of Education , set into motion a process of desegregation that would eventually transform American public schools. This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of how Brown 's most visible effect--contact between students of different racial groups--has changed over the fifty years since the decision. Using both published and unpublished data on school enrollments...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691119112
• ISBN13: 9780691119113
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.3"