The Pursuit of Racial and Ethnic Equality in American Public ... - 9781611861808

The Pursuit of Racial and Ethnic Equality in American Public SchoolsMendez, Brown, and Beyond\nAuthor(s): Kristi L. Bowman\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Michigan State University Press, United States\nImprint: Michigan State University Press\nISBN-13: 9781611861808, 978-1611861808\nSynopsis\nIn 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 Rig.