The state must provide : why America's colleges have always been unequal--and how to set them right
by Harris, Adam, (Journalist) (Author)
Summary
Presents a definitive chronicle of the pervasiveness of racial inequality in American higher education, weaving through the legal, social, and political obstacles erected to block equitable education in the United States. Full description
- Introduction
- Part I: Built. The roots ; A compromise ; The fall of integrated education
- Part II: Defended. The tragedy of Lloyd Gaines ; A new guinea pig ; "Segregated as conditions allow"
- Part III: Failed. This whole facade ; Thirteen years a remedy, thirty years a fight, two centuries a struggle ; What hath we wrought.