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Divided We Fail
Divided We Fail
Written by Sarah Garland
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780807001776
Our Price: $26.95
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Divided We Fail
The Story of an African American Community That Ended the Era of School Desegregation
Written by Sarah Garland


Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: January 29, 2013
Price: $26.95

Examines why school desegregation, despite its success in closing the achievement gap, was never embraced wholeheartedly in the black community as a remedy for racial inequality
 
In 2007, a court case originally filed in Louisville, Kentucky, was argued before the Supreme Court and officially ended the era of school desegregation— both changing...

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Divided We Fail
The Story of an African American Community That Ended the Era of School Desegregation
Written by Sarah Garland


Format: eBook
On Sale: January 29, 2013
Price: $26.95

Examines why school desegregation, despite its success in closing the achievement gap, was never embraced wholeheartedly in the black community as a remedy for racial inequality
 
In 2007, a court case originally filed in Louisville, Kentucky, was argued before the Supreme Court and officially ended the era of school desegregation— both changing...

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Also available as a hardcover.
White Money/Black Power
White Money/Black Power
Written by Noliwe Rooks
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780807032718
Our Price: $19.00
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White Money/Black Power
The Surprising History of African American Studies and the Crisis of Race in Higher Education
Written by Noliwe Rooks


Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: February 15, 2007
Price: $19.00

The history of African American studies is often told as a heroic tale, with compelling images of black power and passionate African American students who refused to take no for an answer. Noliwe M. Rooks argues for the recognition of another story, which proves that many of the programs that survived... Read more >
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White Money/Black Power
The Surprising History of African American Studies and the Crisis of Race in Higher Education
Written by Noliwe Rooks


Format: eBook
On Sale: February 15, 2006
Price: $19.00

The history of African American studies is often told as a heroic tale, with compelling images of black power and passionate African American students who refused to take no for an answer. Noliwe M. Rooks argues for the recognition of another story, which proves that many of the programs that survived... Read more >
Also available as a trade paperback.
Emile
Emile
Written by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781591021117
Our Price: $15.99
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Emile
Or Treatise on Education
Written by Jean-Jacques Rousseau


Format: Trade Paperback, 315 pages
On Sale: August 1, 2003
Price: $15.99

In his pioneering treatise on education the great French philosopher presented concepts that had a significant influence on the development of pedagogy, and yet many of his ideas still sound radical today. Written in reaction to the stultifying system of rote learning and memorization prevalent throughout Europe in Rousseau's time, Émile... Read more >
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