| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xxviii, 494 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-474) and index. |
| 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". |
| Summary |
"A history of post-Brown school desegregation in Detroit, with a focus on Milliken v. Bradley"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Milliken, William G., 1922-2019 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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Bradley, Ronald -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Detroit Branch -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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Detroit (Mich.). Board of Education.
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Discrimination in education -- Law and legislation -- Michigan -- Detroit -- History.
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Busing for school integration -- Law and legislation -- Michigan -- Detroit -- History.
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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Detroit (Mich.) -- History -- 20th century.
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LAW / General.
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| Added Title |
Detroit, the Supreme Court, and the battle for racial justice in the North |
| Other Form: |
Online version: Adams, Michelle, 1963- Containment New York, N.Y. : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2025. 9780374250423 (DLC) 2024023856 |
| ISBN |
9780374250423 (hardcover) |
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0374250421 (hardcover) |
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