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082			_a344.730798 _bMEL-C
100	1		_aMelnick, R. Shep _911803
245	1	0	_aThe crucible of desegregation : _bthe uncertain search for educational equality / _cR. Shep Melnick
260			_aChicago: _bThe University of Chicago Press, _c2023
300			_axiv, 310 p.
490			_aChicago series in law and society
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aIn 1954, the Supreme Court delivered the landmark decision of Brown v. Board of Education -- establishing the right to attend a desegregated school as a national constitutional right -- but the decision contained fundamental ambiguities. In close to three dozen decisions on school desegregation, the Supreme Court has never offered a clear definition of what desegregation means or laid out a framework for understanding or adjudicating between competing interpretations. In the 'Crucible of Desegregation', R. Shep Melnick examines the evolution of federal school desegregation policy from 1954 through the termination of desegregation orders in the first decades of the 21st century, combining legal analysis with a focus on institutional relations, particularly the interactions between federal judges and administrators.
546			_aEng
650			_aEducation and state _911228
650			_aEducation and state-United States _911804
650			_aSchool integration Law and legislation _911805
650			_aSchool integration-United States-History _911806
942			_cBK
999			_c140801 _d140801