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Marcucci, Olivia – Journal of Negro Education, 2017
The Orlando Sentinel published a 1955 letter to the editor from Zora Neale Hurston. In it, she condemns the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education and the leadership of the Black intelligentsia in the decision. Using Timothy Parsons' myth of a progressive empire, this article emphasizes Hurston's central thesis: that forced…
Descriptors: Race, Social Class, Desegregation Litigation, School Desegregation
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Martin, Kacy – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
The racial achievement gap has persisted in the decades since "Brown v. Board," despite large-scale investment in school reform. Accordingly, some administrators and politicians are reconsidering integration policies as a means of addressing the gap. This study examines one Chicago community's discussion of such integration policy.…
Descriptors: Middle Class, Parent Attitudes, School Desegregation, Educational Policy