Inaction to address housing segregation in metropolitan areas has resulted in persistently high levels of residential segregation. As the Supreme Court has recently limited school districts' voluntary integration efforts, this article considers the role of residential segregation in maintaining racially isolated schools, namely what is known about…

This paper describes a school desegregation case, begun in 1978, in which housing segregation was a principal issue. The history of both residential and school segregation in Akron, Ohio, are outlined. It is held that public housing and credit policy greatly contributed to the maintenance of segregated neighborhoods in all United States…