Book contents
- Closed for Democracy
- Closed for Democracy
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Closed for School, Open for Business
- 1 What Targeted Citizens Think
- 2 Who Targeted Citizens Blame
- 3 How Targeted Citizens Fight Back
- 4 Who Wins and Who Loses in the Era of Mass School Closures
- Conclusion: Closed for School, Closed for Democracy
- Epilogue: Close to Home
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Index
Epilogue: Close to Home
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 March 2023
- Closed for Democracy
- Closed for Democracy
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Closed for School, Open for Business
- 1 What Targeted Citizens Think
- 2 Who Targeted Citizens Blame
- 3 How Targeted Citizens Fight Back
- 4 Who Wins and Who Loses in the Era of Mass School Closures
- Conclusion: Closed for School, Closed for Democracy
- Epilogue: Close to Home
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
I am a native of the inner city of Chicago. I grew up in a low-income, government-subsidized housing complex, of which 99 percent of the residents were Blacks, called neighborhood commons, or “Orchard” for those who are from there. My mother still lives in this neighborhood today.
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- Closed for DemocracyHow Mass School Closure Undermines the Citizenship of Black Americans, pp. 142 - 144Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022