Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-231) and index.
Contents
Brown as a personification of the American creed -- The road to Brown and the dilemma of the Black college -- Applying Brown to higher education -- Education and racial politics : the era of Jim Crow in higher education in Mississippi -- From Ayers to Fordice : desegregation in the context of conservatism -- Desegregation and Black colleges : a case study in the limitations of the American creed.