Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
An Even Hollower Hope? 8
From Segregation to Litigation: The Ambiguous Racial History of Missouri and Kansas City 31
Courthouse Magic: Educational Vice Becomes Legal Virtue 57
The Field of Dreams 82
Waking Up: Implementing an Educational Disaster 113
Ambivalence and Anger: The Response of Kansas City's African American Community 139
The Last Days of Desegregation? 159
Conclusion 181
Notes 191
Bibliography 215
Index 221