Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-222) and index.
Contents
From Plessy to Brown : the rise and demise of "separate but equal" -- Metropolitan Detroit : from boomtown to ticking time bomb -- Separate but unequal, northern style -- Act 48 : decentralization trumps desegregation -- Cross-district integration : remedying segregation or penalizing the suburbs? -- Getting off the bus : Milliken in the Supreme Court -- Milliken II and the retreat from school desegregation cases cited.