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Hope and Despair in the American City: Why There Are No Bad Schools in Raleigh – By Gerald Grant
Author(s) -
Smardon Regina
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
anthropology and education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1548-1492
pISSN - 0161-7761
DOI - 10.1111/j.1548-1492.2009.01060.x
Subject(s) - citation , sociology , library science , media studies , law , political science , computer science
In 1972, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a 5–4 verdict in the case of Milliken v. Bradley, thereby blocking the state of Michigan from merging the Detroit public school system with those of the surrounding suburbs. This decision effectively walled off underprivileged students in many American cities, condemning them to a system of racial and class segregation and destroying their chances of obtaining a decent education.