Suspended education: school punishment and the legacy of racial injustice

Introduction : racial inequality and school punishment

"They just want the Blacks out of school" : punishment after desegregation

The legacy of racial injustice : historic resistance to desegregation and contemporary suspension rates / with Felicia Henry

Separate and unequal : Delaware before desegregation

An issue on day one : Delaware after desegregation

The cradle of liberty? : Boston before desegregation

Unprepared : Boston after desegregation

Conclusion : what is past Isn't past

Appendix: Methods and detailed quantitative results.