Reprint. Originally published: 2nd ed., enl. Boston : Beacon Press, 1963. With new introductions.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-281) and index.
How children learn about race -- Society and children's feelings about race -- The Negro child and race prejudice -- The white child and race prejudice -- What can schools do? -- What can social agencies do? -- What can the churches do? -- What can parents do? -- American children and the future -- The legal background of the school segregation cases / Philip Kurland -- Text of the Supreme Court opinions, May 17, 1954 -- Appendix to appellant's briefs: the effects of segregation and the consequences of desegregation: a social science statement -- The desegregation cases: criticism of the social scientist's role -- The role of the social sciences in desegregation -- The 1954 social science statement and school desegregation: a replay to Gerard / Stuart W. Cook