Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Tables xiii
5. Abbreviations xv
6. Introduction 1
7. PART I. Company Town
8. 1 City Building and Boundary Making 23
9. 2 From Community Education to Neighborhood Schools 54
10. 3 Jim Crow, GM Crow 78
11. 4 Suburban Renewal 103
12. 5 The Metropolitan Moment 121
13. PART II. Fractured Metropolis
14. 6 “Our City Believes in Lily- White Neighborhoods” 147
15. 7 Jim Crow in the Era of Civil Rights 175
16. 8 Suburban Crisis 200
17. 9 The Battle over School Desegregation 222
18. 10 “The Fall of Flint” 242
19. Epilogue “America Is a Thousand Flints” 268
20. Acknowledgments 287
21. Abbreviations in the Notes 295
22. Notes 299
23. Index 365