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Walker, Brenda L. Townsend – Multiple Voices for Ethnically Diverse Exceptional Learners, 2014
The "Brown v. Board of Education" (1954) Supreme Court decision ruled that segregated schools were unequal and unconstitutional. Since Brown's ruling, scholars have questioned whether African American children have benefitted from school desegregation and subsequent school reform initiatives. In spite of several post-Brown school reform…
Descriptors: Desegregation Litigation, School Desegregation, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation
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Ford, Donna Y.; King, Robert A., Jr. – Multiple Voices for Ethnically Diverse Exceptional Learners, 2014
This article examines the under-representation of African American students in gifted education, with attention to how representation differs for Black males and females. We contend that social injustices (e.g., prejudice and discrimination) contribute to racially segregated gifted education classes (Ford, 2013b). For support, gifted…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Disproportionate Representation, African American Students, Gender Differences