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    Your Children Are Very Greatly in Danger
    School Segregation in Rochester, New York

    Justin Murphy (Author)

    9781501761867

    Hardback, published 15 March 2022

    312 pages, 10 b&w halftones, 2 maps, 5 charts - 10 Halftones, black and white - 2 Maps - 5 Charts
    22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm, 0.907 kg

    Murphy's work is a must-read for anyone interested in school integration in general and the history of school integration in Rochester, New York, in particular.

    (New York History)

    Your Children Are Very Greatly in Danger is one important effort to foster crucial change.

    (The Radical Teacher)

    Everyone should read Justin Murphy's Your Children Are Very Greatly in Danger.

    (Joan Coles Howard, former editor of The Frederick Douglass Voice)

    His work is a must-read for anyone interested in school integration in general and the history of school integration in Rochester, New York, in particular.

    (New York History Journal)

    In Your Children Are Very Greatly in Danger, veteran journalist Justin Murphy argues that Rochester's educational disparities stem from historical and ongoing racial segregation. Education reform alone cannot resolve racial inequity—cities like Rochester must first dismantle segregation.

    Through interviews and documents, Murphy s how discriminatory policies and personal prejudice shaped the region's segregated educational system. Alongside this troubling history, he highlights the fight for integration, from Frederick Douglass's advocacy in the 1850s to student activism inspired by Black Lives Matter in the 2010s.

    Murphy underscores how numerous failed efforts to uphold Brown v. Board of Education demonstrate that desegregation and integration remain the best opportunities to improve educational and economic outcomes for children of color. In Rochester, that opportunity has been lost, leading to persistently poor academic results.

    Your Children Are Very Greatly in Danger offers both historical and contemporary analysis, showing how northern cities must confront their past to build a more equitable future.

    Introduction: The Question of Questions
    1. The African School
    2. Nowhere Else to Go
    3. Willing Combatants
    4. Six Rugged Years, All Uphill
    5. From Charlotte to Milliken
    6. Considering the Metropolis
    7. The Urban-Suburban Program
    8. The Age of Accountability
    Conclusion: Three Steps toward Change
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