Argues that the eradication of all state supported racial subordination in the public schools was the essence of the Brown decision. Where separation cannot be promptly remedied, as in majority black districts, civil rights should seek, and courts order, plans designed to involve black parents in the school process in facilities are held…

Argues that "we of the middle class must teach and assist the poor to use those techniques of prodding and pressure and persistence that we find essential to getting a decent education. Where the most feasible route points towards making nonwhite schools effective, we should not shun that direction because some fear that it is a return to separate…

Argues for the need to render schools that Black children attend more educationally effective regardless of the feasibility of making those schools integrated. Further argues that racial-balance remedies do not guarantee the equal education demanded by the "Brown" decision and that the all-Black schools that persist need not be…

This paper reviews numerous court cases which have dealt with desegragation and discusses the impact these have had on the educational opportunities of urban, minority children. Particular attention is given to the failure of desegregation efforts to achieve stable racial balances in urban school districts. Attempts by the courts to deal with this…