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Title
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The Kansas City School District & the Death of Democracy
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Description
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Photo (of Demps) and essay about the troubled tenure of Benjamin Demps as superintendent of schools for the Kansas City School District from 1999 to 2001. Discussion on reasons for the school district's problems, especially "a shifting, amorphous coalition of largely self-seeking politicos and hangers-on" (part of "the inner city patronage machine" made up of "activist Clinton Adams, the Reverend Fuzzy Thompson, Freedom, Inc., and certain union people") written about in the book "The Greed within Them" by Anna and Leroy Hyrne.
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Date
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2001-05
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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On the Loose--Desegregation Rap: Run! DMC
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Description
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Article on the unfeasibility of magnet schools in the Kansas City School district in attracting suburban whites to attend.
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Date
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1990-11
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Just Cause? Judge Russell Clark Talks Candidly about His 20 Years on
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Description
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Biographical article about Judge Russell Gentry Clark of the United States District Court, presiding over or dealing with for 20 years "the most corpulent and controversial school desegregation project in the history of America." There are photos and details of his life, including comparisons of him with former Jackson County Judge Harry Truman and former President Franklin Roosevelt with similarly difficult problems to solve.
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Date
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1997-09-01
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
