Whereas increased scholarly attention is focusing on contemporary school closings, noticeably absent is the placement of this scholarship within the historical context of Black people's social experiences. This paradigm shift would reveal a much longer history that has had devastating consequences for Black people. In this article, we identify…

Critics of school choice claim support for educational options was an outgrowth of racist, segregationist views following the U.S. Supreme Court's Ruling in Brown v. Board of Education. In this paper, I examine these claims by analyzing the development of the public school system in the United States and the historical records from Citizens for…

In the 1954 "Brown v. Board of Education" case, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled segregated schools unconstitutional, and the process of school desegregation fell mostly to Black children. For over 35 years, Black families in St. Louis City have been using school transfers to cross boundaries in order to send their children to higher…

As the early twentieth century's restrictive social policies and poor economic conditions relegated African Americans in St. Louis, Mo. to high poverty neighborhoods, parents were forced to enroll their children in substandard segregated schools. Meanwhile the African American population increased in size from 108,765 (11.4 percent) in 1940 to…

This instructional packet was designed for secondary school students in St. Louis, Missouri, to promote their understanding of the city's court-ordered school desegregation plan. An abridged and edited version of the Court of Appeals brief for the Liddell v. the St. Louis Board of Education case is presented in the packet. The brief includes a…

This guide provides St. Louis, Missouri, secondary school teachers with information about desegregation that would be useful to parents and students in that city. The guide contains instructional materials to be used by teachers to reduce anxieties caused by school desegregation. The background information on St. Louis desegregation includes: (1)…

This guide provides primary school teachers in St. Louis, Missouri, with information about the desegregation movement court ruling and plan implemented in that city. Activities designed to inform parents and students and help persons to adjust to new school locations are presented. Background information on St. Louis desegregation is provided,…

This guide provides fourth and fifth grade teachers in St. Louis, Missouri, with information about desegregation that would be useful to parents and students in that city. Classroom activities designed to inform parents and students and help persons to adjust to new school locations are described. Background information on St. Louis desegregation…

This guide provides middle school teachers in St. Louis, Missouri, with information about desegregation that would be useful to parents and students in that city. Classroom activities designed to inform parents and students and help persons to adjust to new school locations are presented. Background information provided includes: (1) an abridged,…

A study was conducted to explore the options and costs of both voluntary and compulsory solutions to metropolitan school desegregation. The study focused on the Saint Louis and Kansas City, Missouri, metropolitan areas which are examples of settings in which desegregation can occur. The demographic characteristics of these central cities and their…

Proposes that voluntary interdistrict programs should be seriously considered as a major desegregation strategy. Reviews social, demographic, and legislative trends that support this proposal and describes conditions that are required for such programs to flourish. (GC)

This manual was designed for community and school groups to aid them in clarifying their goals and selecting strategies for resolving issues related to school desegregation. After a brief review of the law, Part 1 reviews the major issues involved in the school desegregation process: quality education, white flight, middle-class minority flight,…