A Troubled Dream: The Promise and Failure of School Desegregation in Louisiana

by Carl L. Bankston III and Stephen J. Caldas

Book Overview

Fifty years after Brown v. Board of Education, the United States still has a long way to go to attain true integration of our educational system.

Using extensive interviews and a wealth of statistical information, Bankston and Caldas examine the failed desegregation efforts in Louisiana as a case study to show how desegregation has followed the same unsuccessful pattern across the United States. Strong supporters of the dream of integration,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826513891
• ISBN13: 9780826513892
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"