Fly in the Ointment

School Segregation and Desegregation in the Ohio Valley

Häftad, Engelska, 2004

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Fly in the Ointment chronicles the history of two school districts in the Upper Mill Creek (Ohio) Valley of the Greater Cincinnati Metropolitan area. The creation of both the black Lincoln Heights School District and the predominately white Princeton School District in the 1950s is a history of segregation while the merger of these two districts in the 1970s – close to twenty years after their formation – tells a unique story of desegregation. The author uses various methodologies to provide an accurate account from different perspectives of school segregation and desegregation in a specific region of the country. Fly in the Ointment combines «fictional» storytelling – an approach supported by critical race theory – with historical and interview data to tell a complete narrative, including important yet often unheard voices. The story of the Lincoln Heights School District and the Princeton School District illuminates the political, social, economic, and, of course, racial factors that led to their separation and union.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2004-11-19
Mått155 x 230 x 11 mm
Vikt270 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor174
Upplaga4001
FörlagPeter Lang Publishing Inc
ISBN9780820467122

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The Author: Patricia Randolph Leigh is Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at Iowa State University (ISU). She received her doctorate in curriculum and instructional technology from ISU and teaches courses in instructional technology, educational foundations, and multicultural education. Dr. Leigh’s research scholarship focuses on the equality of educational opportunities historically afforded underserved children and looks at the impact that economic discrimination and residential segregation has had upon their public schooling.

«Fifty years after the 1954 passage of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education, many Americans wonder why so many public schools remain racially segregated. Leigh’s carefully crafted study of the controversies that framed school desegregation in Cincinnati suburbs of the 1950s provides some important and surprising answers that should be of interest to scholars and policy makers alike.» (Patricia Hill Collins, Charles Phelps Taft Professor of Sociology, Department of African American Studies, University of Cincinnati)