Copyright © 2022 by Justin Murphy

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First published 2022 by Cornell University Press

Printed in the United States of America

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Murphy, Justin (Educational journalist), 1985– author.

Title: Your children are very greatly in danger : school segregation in Rochester, New York / Justin Murphy.

Description: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2022. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2021020725 (print) | LCCN 2021020726 (ebook) | ISBN 9781501761867 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781501761874 (pdf) | ISBN 9781501761881 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Segregation in education—New York (State)—Rochester—History—20th century. | Segregation in education—New York (State)—Rochester—History—21st century. | Segregation in education—New York (State)—Rochester—Case studies. | Education, Urban—Social aspects.

Classification: LCC LC212.522.N48 M87 2022 (print) | LCC LC212.522.N48 (ebook) | DDC 379.2/630974789—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021020725

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021020726

Cover image: An antibusing protest in front of the City of Rochester Board of Education, February 5, 1970. Photograph by Jim Laragy. Courtesy of the Rochester Times-Union.