Both Sides Now: The Story of School Desegregation's Graduates

by Amy Stuart Wells

Book Overview

This is the untold story of a generation that experienced one of the most extraordinary chapters in our nation's history--school desegregation. Many have attempted to define desegregation, which peaked in the late 1970s, as either a success or a failure; surprisingly few have examined the experiences of the students who lived though it. Featuring the voices of blacks, whites, and Latinos who graduated in 1980 from racially diverse schools, Both...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520256786
• ISBN13: 9780520256781
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"