Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword by James E. Ryan
Introduction by Kristi L. Bowman
Part I. Mendez, Brown, and the Civil Rights Act
Mendez (1946)
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
Brown (1954)
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
The Civil Rights Act (1964)
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
Part II. Desegregation Unfolds
Milliken (1974)
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
Jenkins (1995)
Missouri v. Jenkins: A Remedy without Objective Limitation - John R. Munich
Missed Opportunities, Enduring Legacies: School Segregationand Desegregation in Kansas City, Missouri - Kevin Fox Gotham
The Legal Legacy of Missouri v. Jenkins - Kristi L. Bowman
Parents Involved and Meredith (2007)
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
Part III. Looking to the Future
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 Promise 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
Contributing Authors
Index