This is a report on school desegregation in Bogalusa, Louisiana. This school district was selected for study because it offered the unique opportunity to study school desegregation in a rural setting. In the past, Bogalusa operated a dual system of education. In 1965, black parents filed a lawsuit on behalf of their children; Jenkins V. Bogalusa…

This paper outlines an alternative desegregation plan that would replace the one implemented in the East Baton Rouge Parish (Louisiana) School District in 1981. Known as the Incentives Desegregation Plan, the alternative plan was designed to produce interracial contact comparable to the earlier plan, without incurring the attendant costs of…

The Consent Decree is a policy with the goal of eliminating segregation and inequalities in higher education in Louisiana. To the detriment of Black institutions, the policy has not been fully implemented because of problems with course assessment, funding, and lack of serious commitment to dismantling previous discriminatory practices. (VM)

Under a district court's order, the Louisiana's higher-education coordinating board and three other boards--historically Black Southern University System, Louisiana State University System, and the one for the other state colleges and universities--were to be eliminated and replaced by a single board. Mismanagement by Louisiana schools is…

Examined here was the inclusion of educational components in court-ordered desegregation plans in the Southwest Educational Developoment Laboratory (SEDL) region (Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas). These components included inservice education, multicultural education, and eight others. Researchers hypothesized…

The Supreme Court blocked a desegregation plan that would have required a sweeping reorganization of public higher education in Louisiana and the merger of the Southern University and Louisiana State University law schools. The governor wants to create a single higher-education governing board. (MLW)

In October 1981, a five-person panel of experts was appointed to study the postsecondary programs in the Caddo-Bossier area of Louisiana and to develop recommendations relative to allegations made by the United States and denied by the state, that Louisiana was continuing to operate a racially dual system of higher education and had failed to…

Describes the Louisiana Consent Decree, a federally imposed program to correct racial segregation and gross resource distribution inequities in the state's system of higher education institutions. Focuses on the following: (1) governance; (2) faculty development; (3) cooperative programs; (4) enhancement of Black institutions; and (5) monitoring…

The focus of this study on school desegregation is on 43 cities in the following areas: Bibb and Chatham Counties (Ga.); Orange, Duval, Hillsborough, and Pinellas Counties (Fla.); Cado, Quachita, East Baton Rouge, and Orleans Parishes (La.); and, Richland County District Number 1, Florence County District Number 1, and Orangeburg County District…

The requirement that public schools desegregate presents many problems for the school districts of Louisiana and other States, but also offers opportunities for improving educational quality for all students, regardless of race. Recent court decisions and civil rights legislation leave no doubt that the present minimal desegregation efforts of…

Discusses the resistance of both Blacks and Whites to the federally mandated integration of the Louisiana State University system and an end to its "separate but equal" policies. Emphasizes the role of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). (FMW)