Chris Bonastia

Conversations and Essays

 
 

Confronting and Addressing K-12 Segregation in New York City Schools

Conversations in Black Freedom Studies: Education for Liberation

SCHOMBURG CENTER | Watch video

The History of Segregation in NYC Public Schools

TALK OUT OF SCHOOL | Listen to podcast

Mayor Adams, If NYC Schools are ‘Segregated Intentionally,’ Why Increase Segregation with More Admissions Screening?

GOTHAM GAZETTE | Full Essay

When a Memoir Tells Half the Story: Prince Edward County and School Desegregation

JSTOR Daily | Full Essay

“Why the Racist History of the Charter School Movement Is Never Discussed”

Salon | Full Essay

How Different Do Schools Look Today 50 Years After Prince Edward County, Virginia?

HuffPost | Full Essay

 

Academic Writing

 
 

Easy Loving?

Contexts

White Justifications For School Closings in Prince Edward County, VA, 1959-1964

Du Bois Review

Black Leadership and Outside Allies in Virginia Freedom Schools

History of Education Quarterly

Why did Affirmative Action in Housing Fail during the Nixon Era? Exploring the "Institutional Homes" of Social Policies

Social Problems

Low-Hanging Fruit: The Impoverished History of Housing and School Desegregation,

Sociological Forum

Housing Desegregation in the Era of Deregulation

Kalfou

Hedging His Bets: Why Nixon Killed HUD’s Desegregation Efforts

Social Science History

Charter School’s Segregationist Roots

Contexts