The state must provide : why America's colleges have always been unequal--and how to set them right / Adam Harris.
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]
- Copyright: ©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. |
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Genre: | Instructional and educational works. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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North Kansas City Public Library | 379.260973 HARRIS 2021 (Text) | 0001002465159 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
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.