Lightfoot, Sara Lawrence

Presents a portrait of middle-class African-Americans as they reflect on the losses and gains of moving up and out of their community.

Provides in-depth portraits of six exemplary American high schools, revealing many different elements that create a climate of excellence while describing high school life today.

A biography of Dr. Margaret Lawrence from her girlhood in rigidly segregated Vicksburg, Mississippi to her career as a psychiatrist.