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Danns, Dionne – American Educational History Journal, 2010
This article will focus on the efforts of the State of Illinois to desegregate Chicago Public Schools between 1971 and 1979. The article also examines the responsibility taken on by the State of Illinois to desegregate schools and the limits between establishing the mechanisms to desegregate and the ability to accomplish those goals in Chicago.…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Desegregation Plans, School Desegregation, State Officials
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Danns, Dionne – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2008
Superintendent James Redmond created a desegregation plan for Chicago Public Schools in 1967, which affected a limited amount of students, but caused great uproar. This article examines the numerous White responses in opposition to busing including those that appear legitimate, such as a desire to maintain neighborhood schools. However, given the…
Descriptors: Busing, Neighborhoods, Desegregation Plans, Neighborhood Schools