附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-262) and index.
Louisiana's schools prior to desegregation: the roots of a racially divided society -- The struggle to desegregate the schools: overcoming injustice through the schools -- New Orleans: the beginning and the end of a process -- East Baton Rouge: school desegregation and unintended consequences -- School desegregation and white flight in Lafayette parish -- Louisiana and the dilemma of desegregation -- The academic consequences of desegregation and resegregation: revisiting the harm and benefit thesis.