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The containment : Detroit, the Supreme Court, and the battle for racial justice in the North / Michelle Adams.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Adams, Michelle, 1963- author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Discrimination in education--Law and legislation--Michigan--Detroit--History.
Discrimination in education.
Busing for school integration--Law and legislation--Michigan--Detroit--History.
Busing for school integration.
Milliken, William G., 1922-2019--Trials, litigation, etc.
Milliken, William G.
Bradley, Ronald--Trials, litigation, etc.
Bradley, Ronald.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Detroit Branch--Trials, litigation, etc.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
African Americans--Civil rights--Michigan--Detroit--Social conditions--20th century.
African Americans.
Detroit (Mich.). Board of Education.
Detroit (Mich.).
Detroit (Mich.)--History--20th century.
Physical Description:
xxviii, 494 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Other Title:
Detroit, the Supreme Court, and the battle for racial justice in the North
Place of Publication:
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2025.
Summary:
"A history of post-Brown school desegregation in Detroit, with a focus on Milliken v. Bradley"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Part I: "Soul Force"
Clash in Midtown
Sympathy, knowledge, and the truth
Slay the dragon
The housing-schools nexus
Soul force
Democracy's finest hour
Money is power and it works
Right thing to lose
Part II: The containment
Up for grabs
Taking on Northern Jim Crow
Another brick in the wall
Garbage in, garbage out
Ten buses
Accident of geography
Something we comfortably tell ourselves
Going for metro
Part III: Milliken v. Bradley
Now more than ever
Farewell to the Warren court
A ticking clock
Milliken v. Bradley
The story
Fences
The consequences
"True integration".
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Format:
Online version: Adams, Michelle, 1963- Containment
ISBN:
9780374250423
0374250421
OCLC:
1431883734

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