9781517904760-1517904765-Class Action: Desegregation and Diversity in San Francisco Schools

Class Action: Desegregation and Diversity in San Francisco Schools

ISBN-13: 9781517904760
ISBN-10: 1517904765
Edition: 1
Author: Rand Quinn
Publication date: 2020
Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press
Format: Paperback 280 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781517904760
ISBN-10: 1517904765
Edition: 1
Author: Rand Quinn
Publication date: 2020
Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press
Format: Paperback 280 pages

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Class Action: Desegregation and Diversity in San Francisco Schools (ISBN-13: 9781517904760 and ISBN-10: 1517904765), written by authors Rand Quinn, was published by Univ Of Minnesota Press in 2020. With an overall rating of 4.1 stars, it's a notable title among other State & Local (United States History, Americas History) books. You can easily purchase or rent Class Action: Desegregation and Diversity in San Francisco Schools (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used State & Local books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.78.

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A compelling history of school desegregation and activism in San Francisco


The picture of school desegregation in the United States is often painted with broad strokes of generalization and insulated anecdotes. Its true history, however, is remarkably wide ranging. Class Action tells the story of San Francisco’s long struggle over school desegregation in the wake of the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education.

San Francisco’s story provides a critical chapter in the history of American school discrimination and the complicated racial politics that emerged. It was among the first large cities outside the South to face court-ordered desegregation following the Brown rulings, and it experienced the same demographic shifts that transformed other cities throughout the urban West. Rand Quinn argues that the district’s student assignment policies—including busing and other desegregative mechanisms—began as a remedy for state discrimination but transformed into a tool intended to create diversity. Drawing on extensive archival research—from court docket files to school district records—Quinn describes how this transformation was facilitated by the rise of school choice, persistent demand for neighborhood schools, evolving social and legal landscapes, and local community advocacy and activism.

Class Action is the first book to present a comprehensive political history of post-Brown school desegregation in San Francisco. Quinn illuminates the evolving relationship between jurisprudence and community-based activism and brings a deeper understanding to the multiracial politics of urban education reform. He responds to recent calls by scholars to address the connections between ideas and policy change and ultimately provides a fascinating look at race and educational opportunity, school choice, and neighborhood schools in the aftermath of Brown v. Board of Education.

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