Brown in Baltimore
Subtitle: school desegregation and the limits of liberalism
By: Howell S. Baum.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9780801448089; 9780801476525
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
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: An American border city; title: A long black campaign for equality; title: Opening the racial door slightly; title: Desegregation by free choice; title: Modest change; title: Parents' protest against continuing segregation; title: Growing integrationism and the murder of Martin Luther King; title: Federal intervention; title: Federal officials, the school board, and parents negotiate; title: The city's court victory.