Reading List

Books

• 28 Years on the St. Louis School Board, 1953-1981: Rooting Out Corruption, Desegregating Schools in a Segregated Society, Coping With Massive Shifts of Population and Wealth - Daniel L. Schlafly (likely out-of-print but available from the St. Louis Public Library)

• The Broken Heart of America - Walter Johnson

• Children of the Dream - Rucker C. Johnson

• Citizen Brown - Colin Gordon

• The Color of Law - Richard Rothstein

• Cutting School - Noliwe Rooks

• Ghosts in the Schoolyard - Eve L. Ewing

• Poverty, by America - Matthew Desmond

• The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together - Heather McGhee

• Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door - Jack Schneider and Jennifer Berkshire

Articles and Op-Eds

• Can We Stop Fighting About Charter Schools by Eve Ewing

• Choosing a School for My Daughter in a Segregated City by Nikole Hannah Jones

• Minnie Liddell’s Forty-Year Quest for Quality Public Education Remains A Dream Deferred by Kimberly J. Norwood

• The Making of Ferguson by Richard Rothstein

• The Sad Story of Public Education in St. Louis by Jeff Bryant