“Brown” in Baltimore

Symposium with author Howell S. Baum
Professor of Urban Studies and Planning, University of Maryland

Part of the 2011-12 UHI Symposia Series 
Co-sponsored by the Johns Hopkins School of Education and Baltimore City Public Schools

Thursday, December 8, 2011
3:30pm – 5:00pm
Sheldon Hall
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

About the Book

In the 1950’s, after the historic supreme court decision Brown v. Board of Education, Baltimore officials tried and failed to integrate city schools with a free choice policy that made integration voluntary. Author Howell Baum shows how those policies have shaped our city schools today. 

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