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04225aam a2200517 i 4500 001 68E477CA9E3C11EE84E191EF36ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231219010058 008 220930t20232023ilua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2022047673 020 $a 0226825523 020 $a 9780226825526 020 $a 0226824713 020 $a 9780226824710 035 $a (OCoLC)1346349892 040 $a ICU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d TOH $d UKMGB $d MNN $d CDX $d YDX $d VZL $d CUV $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a KF4155 $b .M45 2023 100 1 $a Melnick, R. Shep, $d 1951- $e author. 245 14 $a The crucible of desegregation : $b the uncertain search for educational equality / $c R. Shep Melnick. 246 30 $a Uncertain search for educational equality 264 1 $a Chicago, IL : $b The University of Chicago Press, $c 2023. 300 $a xiv, 310 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 490 1 $a The Chicago series in law and society 520 $a "In 1954, the Supreme Court delivered the landmark decision of Brown v. Board of Education -- establishing the right to attend a desegregated school as a national constitutional right -- but the decision contained fundamental ambiguities. In close to three dozen decisions on school desegregation, the Supreme Court has never offered a clear definition of what desegregation means or laid out a framework for understanding or adjudicating between competing interpretations. In the 'Crucible of Desegregation', R. Shep Melnick examines the evolution of federal school desegregation policy from 1954 through the termination of desegregation orders in the first decades of the 21st century, combining legal analysis with a focus on institutional relations, particularly the interactions between federal judges and administrators. Melnick argues that years of ambiguous, inconsistent, and meandering Court decisions left lower court judges adrift, forced to apply contradictory Supreme Court precedents in a wide variety of highly charged political and educational contexts. As a result, desegregation policy has been a patchwork, with lower court judges playing a crucial role. They did so against the backdrop of massive resistance, and this combined with the fragmented and decentralized nature of America's political institutions and its education system. 'The Crucible of Desegregation' reveals patterns and persistent impasses that remain relevant today. It also shows that school desegregation was a crucial driver for the expansion of the broader American civil rights state"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-302) and index. 505 0 $a Why desegregation still matters -- The great debate -- Critical junctures -- Breakthrough : The reconstruction of Southern education -- Supreme abdication -- Left adrift : Desegregation in the lower courts -- Varieties of desegregation experiences -- Termination without end -- Looking beyond courts : ESEA and Title VI -- What have we learned? 650 0 $a School integration $x Law and legislation $z United States. 650 0 $a Segregation in education $x Law and legislation $z United States. 650 0 $a School integration $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Education and state $z United States. 650 6 $a Desegregation en education $z Etats-Unis $x Histoire. 650 6 $a Education $x Politique gouvernementale $z Etats-Unis. 650 7 $a LAW / General. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Education and state. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00902835 650 7 $a School integration. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01107474 650 7 $a School integration $x Law and legislation. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01107481 650 7 $a Segregation in education $x Law and legislation. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01111224 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i Online version: $a Melnick, R. Shep, 1951- $t Crucible of desegregation. $d Chicago, IL : The University of Chicago Press, 2023 $z 9780226825519 $w (OCoLC)1379425708 $w (OCoLC)1379425708 830 0 $a Chicago series in law and society 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231219011536.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=68E477CA9E3C11EE84E191EF36ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search