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Article: Handbook of Research on Multicultural Education.
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- Journal of Teacher Education
- Article date:
- March 1, 1997
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An essay review of James A. Banks and Cherry A. McGee Banks (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Multicultural Education, 1995, New York: Macmillan (882 pp.).
From the start, the United States aspired to far more than its own survival. And from the start, its people have assigned themselves a nobler destiny, justified by a higher moral standing, than impartial scrutiny might confirm (Kluger, 1976, p. IX).
These words from the foreword of Simple Justice (Kluger, 1976), which chronicles the history of the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Supreme Court decision, still reflect America's struggle to fulfill its elusive dream of justice and equality for all ...