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The containment : Detroit, the Supreme Court, and the battle for racial justice in the North  Cover Image Book Book

The containment : Detroit, the Supreme Court, and the battle for racial justice in the North

Summary: "A history of post-Brown school desegregation in Detroit, with a focus on Milliken v. Bradley"--

Record details

  • ISBN: 0374250421 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 9780374250423 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: xxviii, 494 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
    print
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2025.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: 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".
Subject: Detroit (Mich.) History 20th century
Detroit (Mich.). Board of Education.
African Americans Civil rights Michigan Detroit Social conditions 20th century
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Detroit Branch Trials, litigation, etc
Bradley, Ronald Trials, litigation, etc
Milliken, William G 1922-2019 Trials, litigation, etc
Busing for school integration Law and legislation Michigan Detroit History
Discrimination in education Law and legislation Michigan Detroit History

Available copies

  • 3 of 3 copies available at Kenton County.

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  • 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Covington Branch 344.730798 A215c 2025 (Text) 33126025908900 New Adult Nonfiction Available -
Erlanger Branch 344.730798 A215c 2025 (Text) 33126025908884 New Adult Nonfiction Available -
Independence Branch 344.730798 A215c 2025 (Text) 33126025908892 New Adult Nonfiction Available -


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