The pursuit of racial and ethnic equality in american public school : Mendez, Brown, and beyond / edited by Kristi L. Bowman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bowman, Kristi L., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Segregation in education--Law and legislation--United States--History.

Segregation in education.

Discrimination in education--Law and legislation--United States--History.

Discrimination in education.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (478 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

East Lansing, Michigan : Michigan State University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1954 the Supreme Court decided Brown v. Board of Education ; ten years later, Congress enacted the Civil Rights Act. These monumental changes in American law dramatically expanded educational opportunities for racial and ethnic minority children across the country. They also changed the experiences of white children, who have learned in increasingly diverse classrooms. The authors of this commemorative volume include leading scholars in law, education, and public policy, as well as important historical figures. Taken together, the chapters trace the narrative arc of school desegregation in the United States, beginning in California in the 1940s, continuing through Brown v. Board , the Civil Rights Act, and three important Supreme Court decisions about school desegregation and voluntary integration in 1974, 1995, and 2007. The authors also assess the status of racial and ethnic equality in education today and consider the viability of future legal and policy reform in pursuit of the goals of Brown v. Board . This remarkable collection of voices in conversation with one another lays the groundwork for future discussions about the relationship between law and educational equality, and ultimately for the creation of new public policy. A valuable reference for scholars and students alike, this dynamic text is an important contribution to the literature by an outstanding group of authors.

Contents:

Standing on the shoulders of Mendez v. Westminster / Frederick P. Aguirre

Our children are Americans : Mendez v. Westminster and Mexican American rights / Philippa Strum

Pursuing equity at the intersection of school desegregation, English-language instruction, and immigration / Kristi L. Bowman

The rest of the story of Brown v. Board of Education / Cheryl Brown Henderson

Brown v. Board of Education : an axe in the frozen sea of racism / Jack Greenberg

Integrating an all-white high school in the segregated south : memories, challenges, and lessons learned / Patricia A. Edwards

Brown's 60th anniversary : a story of judicial isolation / Wendy Parker

Massive resistance before the Civil Rights Act : the integration of Little Rock Central High School / John J. (Jack) Feeheley

Equity in education : the present and future of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 / Allison R. Brown

Defining discrimination : intent, impact and the future of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 / Derek W. Black

Milliken v. Bradley : a judicial betrayal of Brown / Nathaniel R. Jones

School desegregation in metropolitan Detroit : struggling for justice in a divided and troubled community / Joyce A. Baugh

Milliken and the prospects for racial diversity in U.S. public schools / Charles T. Clotfelter

Missouri v. Jenkins : a remedy without objective limitation / John R. Munich

Missed opportunites, enduring legacies : school segregation and desegregation in Kansas City, Missouri / Kevin Fox Gotham

The legal legacy of Missouri v. Jenkins / Kristi L. Bowman

Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education : a community committed to diverse schools / Byron E. Leet

Making schools more separate and unequal : Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 / Erwin Chemerinsky

Contesting white accumulation in Seattle : toward a materialist antiracist analysis of school desegregation / Michael J. Dumas

After unitary status : examining voluntary integration strategies for Southern school districts / Danielle R. Holley-Walker

Voluntary integration and school board leadership in Louisville, Kentucky / Erica Frankenberg and Sarah Diem

How adequacy litigation fails to fulfill the promis of Brown (but how it can get us closer) / David Hinojosa and Karolina Walters

Teacher evaluation and collective bargaining : the new frontier of civil rights / Benjamin M. Superfine and Jessica J. Gottlieb

Education and civil rights : lessons of six decades and challenges of a changed society / Gary Orfield.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62895-239-3

1-60917-467-4

OCLC:

904850386