ABSTRACT
In the preceding chapters we have examined school integration in eight cities. There is a great deal of range, from the repeated demonstrations of Bay City to the half-hearted civil rights activity of Lawndale, from the quick agreement reached in St. Louis to the protracted fighting in San Francisco. In this chapter, we will try to sort out the common threads in these stories. First, we will look at the civil rights groups involved and the demands made by them; then we will turn to the other actors—the school superintendents, the school boards, and the white voters—to see if we can find the recurrent factors in their responses.
