In many American cities, young black men are a group in critical condition, growing up into lives of poverty, crime and early death. In an attempt to stem that tide, the board of education in Detroit -- where black males have a 54% dropout rate -- decided to establish three all-male public schools. Open to all races but focused chiefly on black students, they were to feature high academic standards, strict discipline and a stress on African-American history.
But the Detroit scheme hit a roadblock just weeks before school started, when the A.C.L.U. and the NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund...
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