"Years before the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling Brown v. Board of Education, Sylvia Mendez, an eight-year-old girl of Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage, pl

Relates the history of African American education, from colonial times, to Brown v. the Board of Education, to the present.

Athletic contests help define what we mean in America by "success." By keeping women from "playing with the boys" on the false assumption that they are inherent

Why isn't segregation based on sex illegal in sports just as race segregation is? This book examines the controversial issue, arguing that "separate but equal"

The interrelation among race, schooling, and labor market opportunities of American blacks can help us make sense of the relatively poor economic status of blac