Stepping over the color line : African-American students in white suburban schools /

Stepping over the Color Line intertwines data on student achievement and racial isolation with stories of the people who participated in the St. Louis program. The authors set these individuals within a broad historical and social context and demonstrate how important linkages between the past and p...

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Main Author: Wells, Amy Stuart, 1961-
Other Authors: Crain, Robert L.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, c1997.
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Summary:Stepping over the Color Line intertwines data on student achievement and racial isolation with stories of the people who participated in the St. Louis program. The authors set these individuals within a broad historical and social context and demonstrate how important linkages between the past and present help explain why efforts to overcome racial inequality - in St. Louis and in the larger society - are so difficult.
Physical Description:xi, 380 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-372) and index.
ISBN:0300067607 (cloth : alk. paper)