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Palmer, Robert T.; Davis, Ryan J.; Gasman, Marybeth – Journal of Negro Education, 2011
Eighteen years after the Supreme Court rendered its decision in Fordice, many states have complied somewhat or not at all to its mandates. This has been particularly evident in Maryland, where the presidents of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are pressuring the state to fulfill its commitment with the Office of Civil Rights…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Desegregation Plans, Civil Rights, Public Colleges
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Williams, John B. – Journal for a Just and Caring Education, 1997
The Supreme Court's recent legal reinterpretation of desegregation requirements for "de jure" segregated states and its finding (in "United States vs. Fordice") of continued segregation in Mississippi is being used by civil lights activists to compel redesign of effective remedies, monitor progress, and increase racial…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Blacks, College Desegregation, Court Litigation
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Brown, M. Christopher, II; Hendrickson, Robert M. – Journal for a Just and Caring Education, 1997
The 1992 "United States v. Fordice" case is the judicial precedent for desegregating higher education. Across 19 southern and border states, the desegregation burden has been shifted disproportionately to historically black colleges. This legal and political investigation explores acceptable responses to the desegregation mandate that…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, College Desegregation, Court Litigation, De Jure Segregation