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Peer reviewedPhilipsen, Maike – Urban Review, 1994
Describes the cultural consequences of a local school closing in a predominantly black community as a result of desegregation policies. It shows that, although segregation was abolished in this community, educational equality remains elusive, concluding the real result was the closing of a school that the town felt a sense of ownership in for the…
Descriptors: Black Community, Court Litigation, Educational Quality, Elementary Schools
