Strategies of segregation : race, residence, and the struggle for educational equality /

García, David G., 1969-

Strategies of segregation : race, residence, and the struggle for educational equality / David G. García. - Oakland, California : University of California Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource (xv, 276 pages) : illustrations, map - American Crossroads ; 47 .

Includes bibliographies and index.

The white architects of Mexican American education -- "Strictly in the capacity of servant" : interconnections between school and residential segregation -- "Obsessed" with segregation : designing a legacy of educational inequality -- The containment and undereducation of colonia children -- "Racial tension is nearing a boiling point" : school desegregation emerges as a common cause for Mexican and black communities -- Challenging "a systematic scheme of racial segregation" : Soria volume Oxnard School Board of Trustees.

"Strategies of Segregation unearths the ideological and structural architecture of enduring racial inequality within and beyond schools in Oxnard, California. In this meticulously researched narrative spanning from 1903 to 1974, David G. García excavates an extensive array of archival sources to expose a separate and unequal school system and its purposeful links with racially restrictive housing covenants. He recovers powerful oral accounts of Mexican Americans and African Americans who endured disparate treatment and protested discrimination. His analysis is skillfully woven into a compelling narrative that culminates in an examination of one of the nation's first desegregation cases filed jointly by Mexican American and Black plaintiffs. This transdisciplinary history advances our understanding of racism and community resistance across time and place."--Provided by publisher.



9780520969179

2017039459


Oxnard School District (Calif.). Board of Trustees --Trials, litigation, etc.


Mexican Americans--Education--History--California--Oxnard--20th century.
African Americans--Education--History--California--Oxnard--20th century.
Segregation in education--California--Oxnard--20th century.
Racism in education--California--Oxnard--20th century.
Racism--California--Oxnard--20th century.
School integration--History--California--Oxnard--20th century.
Mexicans--Political activity--California--Oxnard--20th century.
African Americans--Political activity--California--Oxnard--20th century.


Electronic Books.

LC2688 / .S773 2018