Part I: Making inequality, 1945-1968 -- Metropolitan visions of segregation and growth -- Desegregation from tokenism to moderation -- The curricular organization of segregated schooling -- The spatial organization of schooling and urban renewal -- Part II: Remaking inequality, 1968-1998 -- The road to busing -- Busing resisted and transformed -- Busing lived and imagined -- Busing renegotiated -- The long road to the end of desegregation -- Conclusion