TY - GEN T1 - Crossing Segregated Boundaries Remembering Chicago School Desegregation T2 - Book collections on Project MUSE. A1 - Danns, Dionne LA - English PP - New Brunswick, New Jersey PB - Rutgers University Press YR - 2020 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_on1196171770 AB - "Scholars have long explored school desegregation through various lenses, examining policy, the role of the courts and federal government, resistance and backlash, and the fight to preserve Black schools. However, few studies have examined the group experiences of students within desegregated schools. Crossing Segregated Boundaries centers the experiences of over sixty graduates of the class of 1988 in three desegregated Chicago high schools. Chicago's housing segregation and declining white enrollments severely curtailed the city's school desegregation plan, and as a result desegregation options were academically stratified, providing limited opportunities for a chosen few while leaving the majority of students in segregated, underperforming schools. Nevertheless, desegregation did provide a transformative opportunity for those students involved. While desegregation was the external impetus that brought students together, the students themselves made integration possible, and many students found that the few years that they spent in these schools had a profound impact on broadening their understanding of different racial and ethnic groups. In very real ways, desegregated schools reduced racial isolation for those who took part"-- CN - LC214.23.C54 D359 2020 SN - 9781978810099 SN - 1978810091 SN - 9781978810075 SN - 1978810075 SN - 9781978810051 SN - 9781978810068 SN - 1978810067 KW - High school graduates : Illinois : Chicago. KW - African American children : Education : Illinois : Chicago : History. KW - Public schools : Illinois : Chicago : History. KW - School integration : Illinois : Chicago : History. KW - Chicago (Ill.) : Ethnic relations. KW - Chicago (Ill.) : Race relations. KW - Diplômés de l'enseignement secondaire : Illinois : Chicago. KW - Enfants noirs américains : Éducation : Illinois : Chicago : Histoire. KW - Écoles publiques : Illinois : Chicago : Histoire. KW - Déségrégation en éducation : Illinois : Chicago : Histoire. KW - EDUCATION / General. KW - African American children : Education KW - Ethnic relations KW - High school graduates KW - Public schools KW - Race relations KW - School integration KW - Illinois : Chicago KW - History ER -