Both Sides Now The Story of School Desegregations Graduates

Abstract

This book, based on a five-year study of six high schools that had undergone some form of desegregation in the late 1970s, provides a firsthand account of how desegregation affected students during high school and later in life. Their stories, set in a social and historical context, underscore the benefits of school desegregation while providing perspective on the backlash against it. The team conducted open-ended interviews with more than 500 graduates, educators, advocates, and local policymakers.