Brown in Baltimore : School Desegregation and the Limits of Liberalism.
Baum, Howell S.
Brown in Baltimore : School Desegregation and the Limits of Liberalism. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (295 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Liberalism, Race, and the American Dilemma -- 1. An American Border City -- 2. A Long Black Campaign for Equality -- 3. Opening the Racial Door Slightly -- 4. Desegregation by Free Choice -- 5. Modest Change -- 6. Parents' Protest against Continuing Segregation -- 7. Growing Integrationism and the Murder of Martin Luther King, Jr. -- 8. Federal Intervention -- 9. Federal Officials, the School Board, and Parents Negotiate -- 10. The City's Court Victory -- Conclusion: Baltimore School Desegregation, Liberalism, and Race -- Appendix -- Notes -- Index.
In the first book to present the history of Baltimore school desegregation, Howell S. Baum shows how good intentions got stuck on what Gunnar Myrdal called the "American Dilemma." Immediately after the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision, the.
9780801458347
School integration -- Maryland -- Baltimore.
Segregation in education -- Maryland -- Baltimore.
Race relations in school management -- Maryland -- Baltimore.
School choice -- Maryland -- Baltimore.
Liberalism -- Maryland -- Baltimore.
Baltimore (Md.) -- Race relations.
Electronic books.
LC214
379.2/63097526
Brown in Baltimore : School Desegregation and the Limits of Liberalism. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (295 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Liberalism, Race, and the American Dilemma -- 1. An American Border City -- 2. A Long Black Campaign for Equality -- 3. Opening the Racial Door Slightly -- 4. Desegregation by Free Choice -- 5. Modest Change -- 6. Parents' Protest against Continuing Segregation -- 7. Growing Integrationism and the Murder of Martin Luther King, Jr. -- 8. Federal Intervention -- 9. Federal Officials, the School Board, and Parents Negotiate -- 10. The City's Court Victory -- Conclusion: Baltimore School Desegregation, Liberalism, and Race -- Appendix -- Notes -- Index.
In the first book to present the history of Baltimore school desegregation, Howell S. Baum shows how good intentions got stuck on what Gunnar Myrdal called the "American Dilemma." Immediately after the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision, the.
9780801458347
School integration -- Maryland -- Baltimore.
Segregation in education -- Maryland -- Baltimore.
Race relations in school management -- Maryland -- Baltimore.
School choice -- Maryland -- Baltimore.
Liberalism -- Maryland -- Baltimore.
Baltimore (Md.) -- Race relations.
Electronic books.
LC214
379.2/63097526