Highlighting the processes and missteps involved in creating and carrying out school desegregation policies in Chicago, Dionne Danns discusses the challenges of using the 1964 Civil Rights Act to implement school desegregation and the resultant limitations and effectiveness of government legislative power in bringing about social change.

Autorentext
Dionne Danns is Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies and Adjunct in African American and African Diaspora Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington, USA.

Inhalt
Introduction 1. Redmond's School Desegregation Plan and Reactions 2. Faculty Desegregation, 1969-1981 3. State Involvement with Student Desegregation, 1971-1979 4. Federal Involvement with Student Desegregation 5. Chicago Desegregates Predominantly White Schools Conclusion Appendix