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Stevens, Leonard B. – Education and Urban Society, 1990
Discusses the increasing proportion of minority enrollments in urban schools and the ensuing social isolation of Black and Hispanic American students. Reviews four models of metropolitan school desegregation plans. Suggests a federal initiative that would require states to develop plans involving multiple school districts. (FMW)
Descriptors: Desegregation Plans, Federal Programs, Minority Groups, Models
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Taylor, Ronald L. – Youth and Society, 1990
Describes how the problems of Black urban youth have changed qualitatively and quantitatively over the past 20 years because of deteriorating social and economic conditions. Reviews the 5 articles in the theme issue. (FMW)
Descriptors: Alienation, Black Youth, Delinquency, Early Parenthood
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Massey, Douglas S.; Hajnal, Zoltan L. – Social Science Quarterly, 1995
Measures black segregation at four geographic levels: state, county, city, and neighborhood, from 1900 to 1990. Cross-references data from the decennial U.S. census with dissimilarity and isolation indices. Concludes that segregation patterns have consistently evolved to minimize white contact with blacks. (MJP)
Descriptors: Apartheid, Blacks, Census Figures, Demography