The Detroit School Busing Case: Milliken V. Bradley and the Controversy Over Desegregation

by Joyce A. Baugh

Book Overview

In the wake of Brown v. Board of Education, racial equality in American public education appeared to have a bright future. But, for many, that brightness dimmed considerably following the Supreme Court's landmark decision in Milliken v. Bradley (1974). While the literature on Brown is voluminous, Joyce Baugh's measured and insightful study offers the only available book-length analysis of Milliken, the first major desegregation case...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700617671
• ISBN13: 9780700617678
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"