Urban Reads: Rucker C. Johnson

Acclaimed economist Rucker C. Johnson discussed his new book, "Children of the Dream: Why School Integration Works."

Explaining why integration worked, why it was abandoned, and how it can be revived to the benefit of all, "Children of the Dream" offers a radical new perspective on American social policy.

 

Rucker C. Johnson, a professor of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley and faculty research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, reveals that school integration efforts in the 1970s and 1980s were overwhelmingly successful — and argues that we must renew our commitment to integration for the sake of all Americans.