We Can Do It: A Community Takes on the Challenge of School Desegregation

By Michael T. Gengler

This book tells of the challenges Alachua County, Florida, faced as they moved from segregated schools to a single, unitary school system. Almost fifty years later, African Americans there remain divided over that outcome. A unique study including extensive interviews, We Can Do It asks important questions, among them: How did both races, without precedent, work together to create desegregated schools? And at a time when resegregation and persistent white-black achievement gaps continue to challenge public schools, what lessons can we learn from the generation that desegregated our schools?

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1948122146
• ISBN13: 9781948122146
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Rosetta Books
• Length: 574 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.4" x 9.1"