Cover of The Failures Of Integration: How Race and Class Are Undermining the American Dream

The Failures Of Integration: How Race and Class Are Undermining the American Dream

"On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court unanimously declared that separate educational facilities for blacks and whites are inherently ""unequal"" and, as such, violate the 14th Amendment."

Subject
politicseducationeconomicssociology
Themes
raceamerican historysocial justice
Setting
USA
Audience
adult
Length
long · 416 pages

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