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The containment : Detroit, the Supreme Court, and the battle for racial justice in the North / Michelle Adams.
Van Pelt - New Book Display KF228.M55 A33 2025
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- 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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