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almahu_9949546461502882
Format:
1 online resource (312 p.) :
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10 b&w halftones, 2 maps, 5 charts
ISBN:
9781501761874
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9783110751826
Content:
In Your Children Are Very Greatly in Danger, veteran journalist Justin Murphy makes the compelling argument that the educational disparities in Rochester, New York, are the result of historical and present-day racial segregation. Education reform alone will never be the full solution; to resolve racial inequity, cities like Rochester must first dismantle segregation. Drawing upon never-before-seen archival documents as well as scores of new interviews, Murphy shows how discriminatory public policy and personal prejudice combined to create the racially segregated education system that exists in the Rochester area today. Alongside this dismal history, Murphy recounts the courageous fight for integration and equality, from the advocacy of Frederick Douglass in the 1850s to a countywide student coalition inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement in the 2010s. This grinding antagonism, featuring numerous failed efforts to uphold the promise of Brown v. Board of Education, underlines that desegregation and integration offer the greatest opportunity to improve educational and economic outcomes for children of color in America. To date, that opportunity has been lost in Rochester, and persistent poor academic outcomes has been one terrible result. Your Children Are Very Greatly in Danger is a history of Rochester with clear relevance for today. The struggle for equity in Rochester, like in many Northern cities, shows how the burden of history lays on the present. A better future for these cities requires grappling with their troubled pasts. Murphy's account is a necessary contribution to twenty-first-century Rochester.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Preface --
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Introduction: The Question of Questions --
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Chapter 1 The African School --
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Chapter 2 Nowhere Else to Go --
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Chapter 3 Willing Combatants --
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Chapter 4 Six Rugged Years, All Uphill --
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Chapter 5 From Charlotte to Milliken --
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Chapter 6 Considering the Metropolis --
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Chapter 7 The Urban-Suburban Program --
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Chapter 8 The Age of Accountability --
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Conclusion: Three Steps toward Change --
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Acknowledgments --
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Notes --
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Note on Sources --
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Index
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English.
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Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9781501761874
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501761874
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501761874
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