{"product_id":"the-containment-detroit-the-supreme-court-and-the-battle-for-racial-justice-in-the-north-paperback","title":"The Containment: Detroit, the Supreme Court, and the Battle for Racial Justice in the North - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichelle Adams\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the MAAH Stone \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook Award \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 2025 Avern Cohn Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA\u003ci\u003e New York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book of 2025, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2025 selection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e 25 Best Books of 2025 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe epic story of Detroit's struggle to integrate schools in its suburbs--and the defeat of desegregation in the North. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1974, the Supreme Court issued a momentous decision: In the case of \u003ci\u003eMilliken v. Bradley\u003c\/i\u003e, the justices brought a halt to school desegregation across the North, and to the civil rights movement's struggle for a truly equal education for all. How did this come about, and why? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Containment\u003c\/i\u003e, the esteemed legal scholar Michelle Adams tells the epic story of the struggle to integrate Detroit schools--and what happened when it collided with Nixon-appointed justices committed to a judicial counterrevolution. Adams chronicles the devoted activists who tried to uplift Detroit's students amid the upheavals of riots, Black power, and white flight--and how their efforts led to federal judge Stephen Roth's landmark order to achieve racial balance by tearing down the walls separating the city and its suburbs. The \"metropolitan remedy\" could have remade the landscape of racial justice. Instead, the Supreme Court ruled that the suburbs could not be a part of the effort to integrate--and thus upheld the inequalities that remain in place today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAdams tells this story via compelling portraits of a city under stress and of key figures--including Detroit's first Black mayor, Coleman Young, and Justices Marshall, Rehnquist, and Powell. The result is a legal and historical drama that exposes the roots of today's backlash against affirmative action and other efforts to fulfill the country's promise.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichelle Adams\u003c\/b\u003e is the Henry M. Butzel Professor of Law at the University of Michigan. The former codirector of the Floersheimer Center for Constitutional Democracy at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, she served on the Biden administration's Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court and as an expert commentator on the Netflix series \u003ci\u003eAmend: The Fight for America \u003c\/i\u003eand the Showtime series \u003ci\u003eDeadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court\u003c\/i\u003e. Her writings have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Yale Law Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCalifornia Law Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. She was born and grew up in Detroit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 544\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 x 8.7 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 13, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48023417061635,"sku":"9781250397546","price":248.04,"currency_code":"DKK","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/9310\/7359\/files\/4q2fdQ6ZtW9781250397546.webp?v=1777330492","url":"https:\/\/annizon.com\/en-dk\/products\/the-containment-detroit-the-supreme-court-and-the-battle-for-racial-justice-in-the-north-paperback","provider":"annizon.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}