Radical Brown

“Radical Brown offers a timely reinterpretation of the landmark Supreme Court decision. Asserting that acknowledgement of ‘our common humanity’ is fundamental to the ruling’s meaning and legacy, Spencer and Dowd lay out what it will take to create a more just and equitable educational system. Presented with the support of a vast array of social science research, they offer a hopeful yet practical road map to a future in which education can serve as a pathway to racial equality.” - Pedro Noguera, Emery Stoops and Joyce King Stoops Dean, Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California“At a moment when civil rights gains are being rolled back before our eyes, the deep rereading of what is often called the single most important Supreme Court decision couldn’t be timelier. Ambitious, imaginative, and drawing on a broad scholarship, Spencer and Dowd up the ante, arguing that Brown has to be understood as more than the mixing of bodies; it should be seen as a mandate for reaffirming our common humanity.” - Charles M. Payne, author of So Much Reform, So Little Change: The Persistence of Failure in Urban Schools