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Using both published and unpublished data on school enrollments from across the country, Charles Clotfelter...