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White Flight and the Future of School Desegregation

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School Desegregation

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Among the many debates that have raged over school busing, few have engaged social scientists with more intensity than the “White flight” debate. Although the White flight phenomenon has a long history in both public and social science discussions, it did not become a truly controversial issue in sociology until Coleman, Kelly, and Moore’s (1975) well-publicized work on the subject, which concluded that school desegregation was a significant cause of declining White enrollments in public schools.

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  1. The Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, California, 90406, USA

    David J. Armor

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  1. New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, USA

    Walter G. Stephan

  2. The University of Texas at Austin, USA

    Joe R. Feagin

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Armor, D.J. (1980). White Flight and the Future of School Desegregation. In: Stephan, W.G., Feagin, J.R. (eds) School Desegregation. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9155-9_9

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