{"product_id":"going-to-school-in-black-and-white-updated-second-edition-a-dual-memoir-of-desegregation-paperback","title":"Going to School in Black and White: Updated Second Edition: A dual memoir of desegregation - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCindy Waszak Geary\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLahoma Smith Romocki\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The challenges of identity, assimilation, achievement, and politics that were faced by LaHoma and Cindy are the same challenges our youth are facing today.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e -Jaki Shelton Green, poet and NC Literary Hall of Fame inductee\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe school careers of two teenage girls who lived across town from each other-one black, one white-were altered by a court-ordered desegregation plan for Durham, NC in 1970. LaHoma and Cindy both found themselves at the same high school from different sides of a court-ordered racial \"balancing act.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plan thrust each of them involuntarily out of their comfort zones and into new racial landscapes. Their experiences, recounted in alternating first-person narratives, are the embodiment of desegregation policies, situated in a particular time and place. Their intertwining coming of age stories are part of a bigger story about America, education and race-and about how the personal relates to the political.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis dual memoir covers the two women's life trajectories from early school days to future careers working in global public health, challenging gender biases, racial inequities, and health disparities. LaHoma and Cindy tell their stories aware of the country's return to de facto school segregation, achieved through the long-term dismantling of policies that initially informed their school assignments. As adults, they consider the influence of school desegregation on their current lives and the value of bringing all of us into conversation about what is lost or gained when children go to school in black and white.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFeaturing a new introduction reflecting on seventy years after the integration of public schools in Durham, North Carolina, this updated second edition offers insight into modern discussions of race relations and encourages readers to think critically about the impact of historical segregation on modern society.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 376\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.84 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 08, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLarge Print:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67898731626717,"sku":"9781611536836","price":41.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/uEGw93KuaU9781611536836.webp?v=1790761854","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/going-to-school-in-black-and-white-updated-second-edition-a-dual-memoir-of-desegregation-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}