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Untoward Consequences: The Ironic Legacy Of Keyes V. School District No. 1, Rachel F. Moran
Untoward Consequences: The Ironic Legacy Of Keyes V. School District No. 1, Rachel F. Moran
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The Keyes case began with high hopes that desegregation would lead to educational equity for black and Latino students in the Denver Public Schools. The lawsuit made history by successfully using circumstantial evidence to establish intentional discrimination and bring court-ordered busing to a school system outside the South. In the intervening years, that initial success became laden with irony. Because Denver was a tri-ethnic community of whites, blacks, and Latinos, the litigation revealed the complexities of pursuing reform in a school district not defined by a history of black-white relations.
The courts had to decide whether Latinos would count as …
Mary Beth Tinker, Stephen Wermiel
Mary Beth Tinker, Stephen Wermiel
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