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The state must provide : why America's colleges have always been unequal--and how to set them right  Cover Image Book Book

The state must provide : why America's colleges have always been unequal--and how to set them right / Adam Harris.

Summary:

Presents a definitive chronicle of the pervasiveness of racial inequality in American higher education, weaving through the legal, social, and political obstacles erected to block equitable education in the United States.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780062976482
  • ISBN: 0062976486
  • Physical Description: 259 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-248) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction -- Part I: Built. The roots ; A compromise ; The fall of integrated education -- Part II: Defended. The tragedy of Lloyd Gaines ; A new guinea pig ; "Segregated as conditions allow" -- Part III: Failed. This whole facade ; Thirteen years a remedy, thirty years a fight, two centuries a struggle ; What hath we wrought.
Subject: Discrimination in higher education > United States > History.
Racism in higher education > United States > History.
Segregation in higher education > United States > History.
Education, Higher > United States > Finance > History.
Genre: Instructional and educational works.

Available copies

  • 6 of 6 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at North Kansas City.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 6 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
North Kansas City Public Library 379.260973 HARRIS 2021 (Text) 0001002465159 Nonfiction Available -

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