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Patterson, Jean A.; Niles, Rae; Carlson, Cameron; Kelley, William L. – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2008
This article examines the legacy of segregation and desegregation in the town of Parsons, Kansas. We argue that school desegregation, the goal of which was to increase access and equalize educational opportunities for African Americans, did not have that desired affect. Fifty years after the closing of the all-Black Douglass School, Parsons'…
Descriptors: African American Students, Municipalities, African American Community, Middle Class