This is a powerful new exploration into the segregation of schools and the dramatic legacy left behind by the people, organizations and institutions that laid its foundation. Karida Brown provides an invaluable perspective and an inspirational call to action.

Dr. Brown does a fantastic job of making the history of Black education in the U.S. accessible to a wide variety of readers and showing how timely this history is for today's fight against book banning, removal of Black history from curriculums, and defunding of public schools. She tells a clear and powerful story without sacrificing nuance and ideological differences. A fascinating book I can't wait to handsell at my indie bookstore!