Elite versus Grassroots: Disjunctures between Parents' and Civil Rights Organizations' Demands for New York City's Public Schools.

Much of the sociological and historical literature, ignoring long-standing interclass disputes over integration, takes for granted that during the 1950s, all blacks, parents, and members of civil rights organizations included, sought desegregation. This article examines the interests of different se...

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Published in:	Sociological Quarterly Vol. 50; no. 1; pp. 89 - 120
Main Author:	Weiner, Melissa F.
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell Winter 2009
Subjects:	Parents Political participation Public schools Education Civil rights movements New York (N.Y.) United States
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