Paradoxes of Desegregation
Subtitle: African American Struggles for Educational Equity in Charleston, South Carolina, 1926-1972
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Published: August 15, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9781570036323
Subjects: American history: from c 1900 -; Black studies; Inter-war period, 1918-1939; Second World War, 1939-1945; c 1945 to c 1960; c 1960 to c 1970; Philosophy & Social Aspects; Education / Teaching; Education; South Carolina; History; Political Ideologies - Nationalism; Administration - General; Educational Policy & Reform; United States - State & Local - South; College integration; School integration; Segregation in education
Description: "Paradoxes of Desegregation brings much needed historical perspective to contemporary debates about the landmark federal education law, No Child Left Behind. Baker analyzes decades of historical evidence related to high-stakes testing and concludes that desegregation, while a triumph for advantaged blacks, has paradoxically been a tragedy for most African Americans."--BOOK JACKET.