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Desegregated Schools. Appraisals of an American Experiment.
Rist, Ray C., Ed. – 1979
The six studies collected in this book analyze the day-to-day realities of life in desegregated classrooms. The sites reported on range from New York to Memphis, and from the industrial Northeast to the Midwest and Deep South. They also vary by organization (elementary, middle, and high school), by the black-white ratio among students and faculty,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Desegregation Effects, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
Their Highest Potential: An African American School Community in the Segregated South.
Walker, Vanessa Siddle – 1996
The history of the public schooling of African Americans during legalized segregation has focused almost exclusively on the inferior education that African American students received. In the national memory, African Americans have been victims of Whites who questioned the utility of providing Blacks with anything more than a rudimentary education…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Education, Black Students, Desegregation Effects
Stepping over the Color Line. African-American Students in White Suburban Schools.
Wells, Amy Stuart; Crain, Robert L. – 1997
This description of the accomplishments and shortcomings of one school desegregation plan provides insights into much broader dialogue on the role of race in America. St. Louis (Missouri) and its suburbs demographically resemble many midsized contemporary metropolitan areas in the United States. What makes St. Louis unique is an urban-suburban…
Descriptors: Black Students, Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Methods, Desegregation Plans
Education, Inequality, and National Policy.
Ashline, Nelson F., Ed.; And Others – 1976
This book, based on an invitational conference held in Newport, Rhode Island, in June 1975, includes an edited record of that conference as well as additional papers which were developed by participants as a result of their conference experience. Twelve papers are included: "Public Education as the Great Equalizer", Fred M. Hechinger; "Types of…
Descriptors: Desegregation Effects, Disadvantaged Youth, Economic Opportunities, Economically Disadvantaged
Effective School Desegregation: Equity, Quality, and Feasibility. Sage Focus Editions 42
Hawley, Willis D., Ed. – 1981
The 12 articles in this book cover most of the significant issues about which judges, policymakers, educators, and parents are concerned when they evaluate and debate the desirability of school desegregation. Part I addresses the legal context of desegregation policy with (1) "Brown in Perspective," by William L. Taylor. The effects of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Compliance (Legal), Desegregation Effects
The Burden of Brown. Thirty Years of School Desegregation.
Wolters, Raymond – 1984
The Supreme Court's decision in Brown vs. Board of Education is one of the most important events in the recent history of the United States. Although "Brown" prohibited the use of racial discrimination to separate the races in the Topeka (Kansas) schools, similar cases from Delaware, South Carolina, and Virginia were consolidated on…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Plans
Dismantling Desegregation. The Quiet Reversal of Brown v. Board of Education.
Orfield, Gary; Eaton, Susan E. – 1996
The United States is quick to celebrate the Brown v. Board of Education decision, but there is an insidious trend toward resegregation in the public schools. For the first time since 1954, school segregation is actually increasing for African American students. In several rarely discussed decisions, the Supreme Court has opened the door for the…
Descriptors: Black Students, Court Litigation, Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Plans