60 years after brown: Trends and consequences of school segregation

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 40, Issue , 2014, Pages 199-218

  Reardon, Sean F ^a   Owens, Ann ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown v. Board of Education; Desegregation; Income; Race; School segregation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905233780     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-soc-071913-043152     Document Type: Review

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