In this article Jennifer de Forest details the 1958 Harlem school boycott and the resulting court case, "In the Matter of Charlene Skipwith." de Forest demonstrates how the Harlem Parents' Committee mobilized dissent in Harlem and led a boycott that effectively used the Supreme Court's 1954 decision in "Brown II," which…

The Fuentes case demonstrated how the community's rights could be subverted by a purposeful faction; the Canarsie case showed how unchecked local control could damage children's rights. Successful decentralization requires the central board to assert its authority to prevent the arbitrary exercise of local power. (EH)

Community control under a metropolitan structure will encourage suburban citizens who have fled the cities to reexamine the urban crisis and, one hopes, to realize that the future of urban areas must be the concern of all citizens, not only those who remain in central cities. (Author)

This report strongly suggests that legal action for better schools does not obviate the need for organizational resources and skilled community organization. If the children of the poor are to have quality education, they will need advocates outside the ghetto, but they will also need an organized community. (Author)

An analysis of the theoretical, psychological, and practical implications of black community control of schools as a viable response to white separatism and discrimination. (EH)

This article focuses on the city of St. Louis and Ferguson-Florissant Reorganized School Districts and studies their implementation of desegregation programs. (Author/AM)

Two of the major challenges facing urban schools today are: (1) how they can offer productive educational programs for an ever-changing student population, and (2) their ability to broaden the base of community participation in the operation of schools. (DM)

Equates the fight for busing, equal education, and school integration with the general struggle against racism. Briefly discusses the history of busing and school desegregation in the Ocean Hill-Brownsville, New York public schools. (Author/GC)