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Peer reviewedWatras, Joseph – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 1995
Among the first of the Model Cities programs, Dayton's program was directed by African American community activists, who instituted important school and neighborhood reforms but blocked efforts to racially desegregate the public schools. The story of Dayton's Model Cities Demonstration Project raises important questions about whether urban renewal…
Descriptors: Activism, Black Education, Boards of Education, Community Control
