Dream Town: Shaker Heights and the Quest for Racial Equity

Can a group of well-intentioned people fulfill the promise of racial integration in America?

In this searing and deeply researched examination of the promises and realities of racial integration, award-winning Washington Post journalist Laura Meckler aims to uncover where the problem lies and to shed light on what's being done to move forward-in housing, in education, and in the promise of shared community.

In the late 1950s, Shaker Heights became a national model for housing integration. And...