After Brown: The Rise and Retreat of School Desegregation

The United States Supreme Court's 1954 landmark decision, Brown v. Board of Education, set into motion a process of desegregation that would eventually transform American public schools. This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of how Brown's most visible effect--contact between students of different racial groups--has changed over the fifty years since the decision.


Using both published and unpublished data on school enrollments from across the country, Charles Clotfelt...