{"product_id":"your-children-are-very-greatly-in-danger-school-segregation-in-rochester-new-york-9781501761867","title":"Your Children Are Very Greatly in Danger: School Segregation in Rochester, New York","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eYour Children Are Very Greatly in Danger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, the veteran journalist Justin Murphy makes the compelling argument that the educational disparities in Rochester, New York, are the result of historical and present-day racial segregation.\u003c\/b\u003e Education reform alone will never be the full solution; to resolve racial inequity, cities such as Rochester must first dismantle segregation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on never-before-seen archival documents as well as scores of new interviews, Murphy shows how discriminatory public policy and personal prejudice combined to create the racially segregated education system that exists in the Rochester area today. Alongside this dismal history, Murphy recounts the courageous fight for integration and equality, from the advocacy of Frederick Douglass in the 1850s to a countywide student coalition inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement in the 2010s. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis grinding antagonism, featuring numerous failed efforts to uphold the promise of Brown v. Board of Education, underlines that desegregation and integration offer the greatest opportunity to improve educational and economic outcomes for children of color in the United States. To date, that opportunity has been lost in Rochester, and persistent poor academic outcomes have been one terrible result. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eYour Children Are Very Greatly in Danger\u003c\/i\u003e is a history of Rochester with clear relevance for today. The struggle for equity in Rochester, like in many northern cities, shows how the burden of history lies on the present. A better future for these cities requires grappling with their troubled pasts. Murphy's account is a necessary contribution to twenty-first-century Rochester. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501761867\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312","brand":"Justin Murphy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41574450790581,"sku":"9781501761867","price":28.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_c72146dc-a51f-49d1-8373-a01a616918ca.jpg?v=1643694348","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/your-children-are-very-greatly-in-danger-school-segregation-in-rochester-new-york-9781501761867","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}