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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