Desegregating Chicago's Public Schools: Policy Implementation, Politics, and Protest, 1965-1985

By Dionne Danns

Book Overview

Highlighting the processes and missteps involved in creating and carrying out school desegregation policies in Chicago, Dionne Danns discusses the challenges of using the 1964 Civil Rights Act to implement school desegregation and the resultant limitations and effectiveness of government legislative power in bringing about social change.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349472107
• ISBN13: 9781349472109
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 245 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"