Choosing Equality » (New Edition)

"Examines the desegregation experience, with a focus on the impact of the Supreme Court's decisions from Brown v. Board of Education in 1954, through Parents Involved v. Seattle School District in 2007. Assesses desegregation in Delaware, one of the states involved in the original Brown litigation"--Provided by publisher.

Foreword Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Biden, Joseph R., Jr.

Introduction Robert L. Hayman, Jr. Hayman, Robert L., Jr. Leland Ware Ware, Leland 1

Pt. I The Context: Race and Segregation 19

1 A History of Race in Delaware: 1639-1950 Robert L. Hayman, Jr. Hayman, Robert L., Jr. 21

2 An Interview with the Honorable Collins Jacques Seitz Conducted by the Honorable A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. Higginbotham, A. Leon, Jr. David V. Stivison Stivison, David V. 74

3 Delaware Voices: Collins J. Seitz, Jr. Seitz, J., Jr. 91

4 Remembering Louis Redding Annette Woolard-Provine Woolard-Provine, Annette 94

5 Remembering Thurgood Marshall Juan Williams Williams, Juan 98

6 The Difference That Brown Made Robert J. Cottrol Cottrol, Robert J. 104

7 A Glass Half Full Jack Greenberg Greenberg, Jack 109

Pt. II The Experience: Education and Desegregation 117

8 Educational Equity and Brown v. Board of Education: Fifty Years of School Desegregation in Delaware Leland Ware Ware, Leland 119

9 Orlando Camp and Ed Kee: Lost Opportunity: The Failure to Integrate Milford's Public Schools in 1954 133

10 Delaware Voices: Littleton Mitchell 162

11 An Interview with the Honorable Murray M. Schwartz 166

12 The Resegregation Decisions and the New Federalism Roger L. Goldman Goldman, Roger L. 182

13 Delaware Voices: Jea Street 194

Pt. III The Legacies: Desegregation and Resegregation 199

14 Legacies of Brown v. Board of Education James T. Patterson Patterson, James T. 201

15 Haunted by Brown Robert Justin Lipkin Lipkin, Robert Justin 207

16 The Centrality of Brown Paul Finkelman Finkelman, Paul 224

17 Brown, Social Movements, and Social Change Jack M. BalkinBalkin, Jack M. 246

18 Race and Sex Segregation in Schools Fifty Years After Brown Nancy Levit Levit, Nancy 256

19 Pre-white and Post-black: The Aesthetics of Oppression Patricia J. Williams Williams, Patricia J. 270

20 Charter Schools in the Context of Brown: Panacea or Faustian Bargaining? Jeffrey A. Raffel Raffel, Jeffrey A. 276

21 Race, Class, and Resegregation in Delaware: Delaware Schools Fifty Years After Brown Michele Fuetsch Fuetsch, Michele Leland Ware Ware, Leland 287

22 The Geography of Discrimination: The Seattle and Louisville Cases and the Legacy of Brown v. Board of Education Robert L. Hayman, Jr. Hayman, Robert L., Jr. Leland Ware Ware, Leland 312

Bibliographical Essay David K. King King, David K. 356

About the Contributors 378

Index 380