Desegregation

Desegregation shifted many Southern conservative Democrats into the Republican camp.

American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

Desegregation required new laws, but reformers didn't stop with those important changes.

Why Freer Schools Are Better Schools Philip K. Howard 2010

The Truman Library offers a comprehensive overview of the 1948 Desegregation decision.

Kenneth C. Davis: Truman Didn't Ask, He Just Told Kenneth C. Davis 2010

The Truman Library offers a comprehensive overview of the 1948 Desegregation decision.

Kenneth C. Davis: Truman Didn't Ask, He Just Told Kenneth C. Davis 2010

Desegregation of the military, coming in 1948, almost two decades before the 1964 Civil Rights Act, was far more controversial -- Jim Crow segregation was in full force, and black veterans were being attacked for having the gall to believe that risking their lives for their country meant they were entitled to the same rights as everyone else.

Would the GOP prefer a judge overturn DADT? Adam Serwer 2010

Desegregation required new laws, but reformers didn't stop with those important changes.

Why Freer Schools Are Better Schools Philip K. Howard 2010

Stuart Buck explores the roots of this contentious phrase in “Acting White: The Ironic Legacy of Desegregation,” recently released by Yale University Press.

Desegregation’s unintended consequence 2010

Desegregation required new laws, but reformers didn't stop with those important changes.

Why Freer Schools Are Better Schools Philip K. Howard 2010

Desegregation was implemented mostly by white-controlled local school boards, who had no desire to uproot their own children and send them to a black school, particularly given that black schools were seen as inferior.

Desegregation’s unintended consequence 2010

The tragic irony in the contrasting accounts is reinforced in Howell S. Baum's new book Brown in Baltimore: School Desegregation and the Limits of Liberalism.

Dr. Maya Rockeymoore: Zero-Basing Public Schools, Free-Basing Education Policy Dr. Maya Rockeymoore 2010