Black English: Some Legal Implications of the Judicial Response to Language.

Baxter, Felix V.

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ERIC Number: EJ253745

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Publication Date: 1981

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Black English: Some Legal Implications of the Judicial Response to Language.

Baxter, Felix V.

NOLPE School Law Journal, v10 n1 p81-93 1981

The Martin Luther King case established a legal mandate requiring school systems to identify, assess, and remedy educational problems associated with the use of nonstandard English dialects, casual or otherwise, by minority group children. (Author/MLF)

Descriptors: Black Culture, Black Dialects, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Federal Courts, Minority Group Children, Nonstandard Dialects, School Responsibility

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Language: English

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