{"value"=>"<p>This series is emblematic of Wilcox's earlier career as an educator and social work theorist -- prolific but methodical, provocative yet engaging. It groups a considerable body of essays, conference papers and magazine articles, written for the most part in the ten year period from 1963 to 1973, along with related correspondence with editors and publishers, conference organizers and participants, with attachments and printed matter. The series' original order has been preserved. Topics include: decentralization and parental decision-making; independent black schools; Black Power and public education; teacher training and curriculum development; integration and school busing; race and social change; black studies and white institutions; social policy and white racism; community organization and economic development; and involving the poor in overcoming poverty. The author's reputation as \"the leading theoretician of the community control movement\" is substantiated in these files.</p>"}