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In Opportunity Lost, Marcus D. Pohlmann examines the troubling issue of why Memphis city school students are underperforming at alarming rates. His provocative interdisciplinary analysis, combining both history and social science, examines the events before and after desegregation, compares a city school to an affluent suburban school to pinpoint imbalances, and offers critical assessments of various educational reforms.Employing a rich trove of data to demonstrate the realities of racial and economic inequality, Pohlmann underscores the difficulties that plague the urban schoo

Passing (Identity) --- Miscegenation --- African American women --- Men, White --- Bankston, Isaac, --- Bradford, Missouri. --- Memphis (Tenn.) --- Desha County (Ark.) --- Southern States --- Race relations --- History