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Title Ghosts in the schoolyard : racism and school closings on Chicago's South side / Eve L. Ewing.
Author Ewing, Eve L., author.
Publication Info. Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2018.
©2018
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  370.89 EWI    Check Shelves
 Southeast  370.89 EWI    Check Shelves
 Winter Garden  370.89 EWI    Check Shelves
Description xiii, 222 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-217) and index.
Contents What a school means -- City of losses -- Dueling realities -- Mourning -- Conclusion: an open door.
Subject Walter H. Dyett High School (Chicago, Ill.)
African Americans -- Education -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Racism in education -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Low-performing schools -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Public school closings -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Bronzeville (Chicago, Ill.) -- History -- 21st century.
ISBN 9780226526027 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) : $22.50
022652602X (hardcover ; alkaline paper)