Complex justice
Subtitle: the case of Missouri v. Jenkins
By: Joshua M. Dunn.
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9780807831397
Subjects: Segregation in education -- Law and legislation -- United States; Segregation in education -- Law and legislation -- Missouri -- Kansas City
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-220) and index.
Table of contents: title: An even hollower hope?; title: From segregation to litigation : the ambiguous racial history of Missouri and Kansas City; title: Courthouse magic : educational vice becomes legal virtue; title: The field of dreams; title: Waking up : implementing an educational disaster; title: Ambivalence and anger : the response of Kansas City's African American community; title: The last days of desegregation?