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Green, Preston C., III. – Peabody Journal of Education, 2013
Since the separate-but-equal era, students attending schools with high concentrations of Black students have attempted to improve the quality of their educations through school finance litigation. Because of the negative effects of racial isolation, Black students might consider mounting school finance litigation to force states to explicitly…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Financial Support, Court Litigation, African American Students
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White, Clarence, Jr. – Negro Educational Review, 1983
Reviews efforts by Black Americans to gain social justice and equality through education. Traces the civil rights movement from the 1954 Supreme Court Brown decision and the Montgomery (Alabama) bus strike and examines the philosophy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on education as an instrument of social justice. (AOS)
Descriptors: Activism, Blacks, Civil Rights, Educational Change
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Saferstein, Bennett L. – University of Pittsburgh Law Review, 1993
Attempts to develop a theory of separate but equal single-sex education that respects equal protection, drawing on a recent decision involving the Virginia Military Institute. The central aspect and potential safeguard against inequity lies in requiring that single-sex options be unique only in admissions policy. (SLD)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Coeducation, Court Litigation
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Page, Melvin; And Others – Update on Law-Related Education, 1991
Outlines class activities to help students understand how the U.S. Supreme Court reaches its decisions and how the decisions change over time. Includes objectives, resources, issues and questions, procedures, and evaluations. Suggests that students will learn the facts and issues of important civil rights cases and form opinions on the decisions.…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Class Activities, Constitutional History, Constitutional Law