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In September 2007, the U.S. Department of Education released a study showing that among fourth and eighth grade readers, the gap between white and black test scores in Wisconsin was once the largest within the nation. In the back of this study there’s a story.
In Against the Wind: African Americans and the Schools in Milwaukee, 1963-2002, Bill Dahlk traces the history of African Americans throughout the Milwaukee school system. From the early days of desegregation in the course of the tenure of Hawthorne Faison – the first African American superintendent of the Milwaukee Public Schools – and beyond, Dahlke traces this fascinating history, this impassioned struggle, which continues to unfold into the present.
Not only of interest to those drawn to Milwaukee and educational history, this book must be of interest to someone excited about the problem of race in Americas past and present.