Brown in Baltimore : school desegregation and the limits of liberalism / Howell S. Baum.

Author/creator Baum, Howell S.
Format Book
Publication InfoIthaca : Cornell University Press, 2010.
Descriptionxv, 274 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentBook review (H-Net)
Subjects
School integration--Maryland. --Baltimore.
Segregation in education--Maryland. --Baltimore.
Race relations in school management--Maryland. --Baltimore.
School choice--Maryland. --Baltimore.
Liberalism--Maryland. --Baltimore.
Baltimore (Md.)--Race relations.

Contents An American border city -- A long black campaign for equality -- Opening the racial door slightly -- Desegregation by free choice -- Modest change -- Parents' protest against continuing segregation -- Growing integrationism and the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Federal intervention -- Federal officials, the school board, and parents negotiate -- The city's court victory.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 229-265) and index.
Digital Bookplate Bookplate for Gene and Susan Roberts
Acquisitions source Joyner Rare copy gift of Gene and Susan Roberts, 2016.
Issued in other formOnline version: Baum, Howell S. Brown in Baltimore. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2010
LCCN 2009044416
ISBN9780801448089 (cloth ; alk. paper)
ISBN0801448085 (cloth ; alk. paper)
ISBN9780801476525 (paper)
ISBN0801476526 (paper)
ISBN9783177791001
ISBN3177791007
Standard identifier# 3177791

Availability

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Joyner Rare Collection LC214.23.B35 B38 2010 ✔ Available Request Material