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The Containment: Detroit, the Supreme Court, and the Battle for Racial Justice in the North

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Availability:In StockContributor:Michelle AdamsPublish date:1/14/2025Pages:528
Language:EnglishPublisher:Farrar, Straus and GirouxISBN-13:9780374250423ISBN-10:374250421UPC:9780374250423Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, African American & Black, Social Classes & Economic DisparityBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.60 x 6.50 x 1.90 inchesWeight:1.702Product ID:SCFXYR4WTC

The Containment: Detroit, the Supreme Court, and the Battle for Racial Justice in the North

Winner of the MAAH Stone Book Award
Winner of the 2025 Avern Cohn Award

A New York Times Notable Book of 2025,
A New Yorker Best Book of 2025 selection
A Christian Science Monitor 25 Best Books of 2025

The epic story of Detroit's struggle to integrate schools in its suburbs--and the defeat of desegregation in the North.

In 1974, the Supreme Court issued a momentous decision: In the case of...


Language:EnglishPublisher:Farrar, Straus and GirouxISBN-13:9780374250423ISBN-10:374250421UPC:9780374250423Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, African American & Black, Social Classes & Economic DisparityBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.60 x 6.50 x 1.90 inchesWeight:1.702Product ID:SCFXYR4WTC
Michelle Adams is the Henry M. Butzel Professor of Law at the University of Michigan. The former codirector of the Floersheimer Center for Constitutional Democracy at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, she served on the Biden administration's Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court and as an expert commentator on the Netflix series Amend: The Fight for America and the Showtime series...
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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