"Clotfelter presents an array of evidence showing the failure of
school desegregation in the years since Brown. His angle of vision,
measuring the lack of interracial contact, is both insightful and
informative."--Mary Frances Berry, Geraldine Segal Professor of
History, University of Pennsylvania, and Chairperson of the United
States Commission on Civil Rights
"Fifty years ago, prompted by the Supreme Court's landmark
"Brown" decision, this nation began a major policy initiative by
moving to end the racial isolation of African American children in
our public schools. In "After Brown," Charles Clotfelter provides
the invaluable service of systematically chronicling the history
and assessing the impact of this initiative. Much will be written
in this anniversary year on the subject of school desegregation,
but Clotfelter's meticulous, balanced, and sober assessment has set
a standard for rigor that is unlikely to be surpassed."--Glenn
Cartman Loury, Boston University
""After Brown" offers an amazing array of data on changes in
segregation over generations that students of desegregation policy
will use in constructing their arguments about both the past and
the future of integrated education."--Gary Orfield, Harvard
Graduate School of Education
"Instead of dancing around the subject as many have recently
done, Clotfelter comes to the point and shows clearly how and why
the decision in "Brown" has had such a painful and tortuous
history. The skill and clarity with which he deals with the subject
make everything he says quite illuminating and valuable in any
effort to understand what has happened. This is must reading for
anyone who wishes to follow the history of public educationduring
the last half-century."--John Hope Franklin, James B. Duke
Professor of History Emeritus, Duke University
"This is an important, clearly written book with thorough
analysis not duplicated elsewhere. While there are likely to be
many different books, conferences, and events surrounding the
fiftieth anniversary of "Brown," Clotfelter's book should become
the definitive source for a large number of these."--Eric Hanushek,
Hoover Institution, author of "Making Schools Work"
""After Brown" is a valuable contribution to the quantitative
study of segregation and race relations more generally. The author
is an excellent writer, with an easy, straightforward
style."--Robert A. Margo, Vanderbilt University, author of "Race
and Schooling in the South, 1880-1950"
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