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035			_a(OCoLC)1338301060
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100	1		_aMeckler, Laura, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aDream town : _bShaker Heights and the quest for racial equity / _cLaura Meckler.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bHenry Holt and Company, _c2023.
264		4	_c©2023
300			_ax, 389 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations, map ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_a"In this searing and deeply researched examination of the promises and realities of racial integration, award-winning Washington Post journalist Laura Meckler aims to uncover where the problem lies and to shed light on what's being done to move forward-in housing, in education, and in the promise of shared community. In the late 1950s, Shaker Heights became a national model for housing integration. And beginning in the seventies, it was known as a crown jewel in the national move to racially integrate schools. The school district built a national reputation for academic excellence and diversity, serving as a model for how white and Black Americans can not just coexist but thrive together. Meckler-herself a product of Shaker Heights-takes a deeper look into the place that shaped her, investigating its complicated history and its ongoing challenges in order to untangle the myth from the truth. She confronts an enduring, and troubling, question-if Shaker Heights has worked so hard at racial equity, why does a racial academic achievement gap persist? In telling the stories of the Shakerites who built and live in this community, Meckler's Dream Town asks: Can a group of well-intentioned people fulfill the promise of racial integration in America? What does success look like and has Shaker achieved it? What are Black Americans asked to sacrifice and what will white people have to give up? The result is a complex portrait of a place that, while never perfect, has achieved more than most, and a road map for communities that seek to do the same"-- _cProvided by publisher.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 369-370) and index.
505	0		_aDream town -- The Van Sweringen Brothers -- Ted and Beverly Mason -- Irv and Emilie Barnett -- The Reverend Albert M. Pennybacker Jr. -- Jack Lawson -- Herlinda Bradley -- Winston Richie -- Emily Hooper -- Carolyn Milter -- Reuben Harris Jr. -- Gregory Hutchings Jr. -- Olivia McDowell and Jody Podl -- David Glasner -- Eric Juli -- Kathleen FitzSimons -- Kim Harris -- Dream town revisited.
651		0	_aShaker Heights (Ohio) _xRace relations.
651		0	_aShaker Heights (Ohio) _vBiography.
650		0	_aAfrican Americans _zOhio _zShaker Heights _xSocial conditions.
650		0	_aEducational equalization _zOhio _zShaker Heights.
650		0	_aDiscrimination in housing _zOhio _zShaker Heights.
655		7	_aBiographies. _2lcgft _9870
655		7	_aInterviews. _2lcgft
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