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Peer reviewedWilson, Margaret Bush – Update on Law-Related Education, 1994
Examines the U.S. Supreme Court "Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka" decision and its impact on education and national history. Includes 16 photographs representing various aspects of the history of public school desegregation. (CFR)
Descriptors: Black Culture, Black Education, Black History, Black Leadership
Teeter, Ruskin – 1987
Students, parents, and teachers of today should know full well that even a whole phalanx of educational reforms does not automatically prevail over the social bigotries that persist from the past. This paper provides an uncomfortable reminder of how the democratic purposes of U.S. education must be sustained not only by court decisions and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Blacks, Civil Rights Legislation, Educational Discrimination
Fauver, Bill; Ruderman, Jim – 1991
This unit focuses on the school integration case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (Kansas), and its immediate aftermath. The Supreme Court's 1954 decision was a catalyst for civil rights activism along a broad front over the ensuing decades. The decision and its implementation have stood as a model for similar social and political action…
Descriptors: Black Education, Blacks, Constitutional History, Desegregation Litigation
Glenn, Charles L. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1986
While many poor people of color have not really benefited from antipoverty and antidiscrimination programs, substantial gains in educational access have been achieved. Educators need to redefine objectives to improve minority children's education, focusing on language skills and character development appropriate to a diverse, multicultural…
Descriptors: Black Education, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Peer reviewedCombs, Michael W. – Journal of Law and Education, 1984
Surveys school desegregation litigation and policy interpretation at three federal judiciary levels. Finds the Supreme Court championing local school control, while district courts and the courts of appeals read remedial powers of federal courts more expansively. (MD)
Descriptors: Black Influences, Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Decision Making
Peer reviewedEpstein, Terrie L. – Social Studies, 1994
Contends that differences in historical interpretations presented in textbooks have implications for citizenship education. Compares the treatment of the civil rights movement in two secondary level U.S. history textbooks. Concludes that selection committees should examine historical interpretation as well the amount of information about…
Descriptors: Black History, Citizenship Education, Civil Disobedience, Civil Rights
Albright, Robert L.; Neely, George, Jr. – 1987
Two addresses presented at a conference of top administrators of traditionally black colleges are presented. In "The Clarion Call: Imperatives for the Pursuit of Excellence," Robert J. Albright discusses urgent issues in the survival and strengthening of historically black institutions. The paper begins by examining the significance of…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Black Colleges, Case Studies, Change Strategies
