Splendid ... Adams’s book explores class as well as race, with a richness and sophistication that recall J. Anthony Lukas’s 1985 masterpiece, Common Ground, which told the story of the struggle over the desegregation of Boston’s public schools at around the same time.
Adams, a Detroit native who teaches law at the University of Michigan, does not propose a new understanding of the facts or the law, but her book is passionate and well researched ... It can also get a little in the weeds ... We get a full appreciation for the complexities of the campaign for racial justice from the book.
