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Hope and Despair in the American City: Why There Are No Bad Schools in Raleigh (1st Edition) by Gerald Grant Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 2009 ISBN-10: 0-674-03294-2 / 0674032942 ISBN-13: 978-0-674-03294-1 / 9780674032941 In 1972, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a 5–4 verdict in Milliken v. Bradley, thereby blocking the state of Michigan from merging the Detroit public school system with those of the surrounding suburbs. This decision effectively walled off underprivileged students in many American cities, condemn |