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Download full textKucsera, John – Civil Rights Project - Proyecto Derechos Civiles, 2014
The fight for equal educational opportunity in New York has followed a pattern similar to other diverse or racially transforming states. From the 1950s to 1980s, the issue of school desegregation was an important issue. Local civil rights pressure, the courts, and legislation attempted to desegregate large urban school systems through both…
Descriptors: School Segregation, Desegregation Plans, Educational History, Student Diversity
Ayscue, Jennifer B.; Woodward, Brian – Civil Rights Project - Proyecto Derechos Civiles, 2014
North Carolina has a storied history of school integration efforts spanning several decades. In response to the "Brown" decision, North Carolina's strategy of delayed integration was more subtle than the overt defiance of other Southern states. Numerous North Carolina school districts were early leaders in employing strategies to…
Descriptors: Desegregation Litigation, School Desegregation, School Districts, School Segregation
US Commission on Civil Rights, 2007
The purpose of this report is to examine what effect the increase in the number of schools obtaining unitary status has had on the racial balance of schools that were previously under court order. Specifically, the report examines whether levels of integration tend to erode as consent decrees are lifted. To that end, the Commission collected data…
Descriptors: Public Schools, School Desegregation, Racial Composition, School Districts
Wilson, Franklin D. – 1982
This paper documents trends in school segregation in different geographical regions throughout the United States between 1968 and 1976. The avarage level of school segregation between whites and minorities (Asian, Hispanic, and Native Americans) declined from a level of 42 to 21 points (on a scale of 0 to 100). Most of this reduction was due to…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Black Students, Desegregation Effects
Orfield, Gary; And Others – 1983
Data collected nationwide from 1968 to the 1980-81 school year form the basis of this report on changes in school racial composition in States, Metropolitan areas, and large cities. Trends in the percentages of Black, Hispanic, and White students are discussed by region. It is indicated that the greatest gains in desegregation of blacks have taken…
Descriptors: Black Students, Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Litigation, Differences
Wilson, Franklin D. – 1982
This paper reports the findings of a national study of the impact of school desegregation programs on white public school enrollment from 1968 to 1976. School districts studied were grouped according to region, metropolitan status, and source of pressure to desegregate. It was found that only central city districts that had been subjected to court…
Descriptors: Black Students, Court Role, Declining Enrollment, Desegregation Effects
