Shaker Heights emerges as a charismatic but flawed hero in this new book by Laura Meckler.
” not one but three neighbors called the police when Ted Mason, his surveyor and his contractor viewed the lot. Before the Masons had even moved in, the house next door went up for sale.
This begins as a classic White flight story: Black family moves in, White families move out. The great surprise is that this story, unlike others, ends in integration. Indeed, how the residents of the neighborhood lured White families to buy alongside Black ones through ingenuity, determination and potluck suppers is just one fascinating story this book tells.
But “Dream Town” focuses as much on what happens after integration as how the city achieved it. Meckler turns her sharp reportorial eye to the schools. Shaker Heights voluntarily started busing students to promote racial balance long before courts began to mandate it. And yet, classrooms did not seem integrated. White elementary school students were more frequently included in enrichment programs.
Deirdre Mask is the author of “The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power.”Henry Holt. 400 pp. $31.99
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