Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface and Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: Liberalism, Race, and the American Dilemma 1
5. 1. An American Border City 18
6. 2. A Long Black Campaign for Equality 33
7. 3. Opening the Racial Door Slightly 51
8. 4. Desegregation by Free Choice 65
9. 5. Modest Change 81
10. 6. Parents’ Protest against Continuing Segregation 97
11. 7. Growing Integrationism and the Murder of Martin Luther King, Jr. 120
12. 8. Federal Intervention 150
13. 9. Federal Officials, the School Board, and Parents Negotiate 165
14. 10. The City’s Court Victory 186
15. Conclusion: Baltimore School Desegregation, Liberalism, and Race 208
16. Appendix 225
17. Notes 229
18. Index 267