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Equity and Excellence

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Wieder, Alan

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From Crowds to Mobs: School Desegregation in New Orleans--A Case Study of Collective Behavior.

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Wieder, Alan – Equity and Excellence, 1988

Analyzes and explains the change of a crowd into a mob. Uses as a case study the behavior of crowds involved in the integration of two previously all-White elementary schools in New Orleans (Louisiana). Emphasizes the role of the White students who continued to attend the schools. (FMW)

Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Blacks, Case Studies, Desegregation Effects

A School Desegregation Diary: Mrs. Chandler and the New Orleans School Crisis.

Peer reviewed

Wieder, Alan – Equity and Excellence, 1988

Provides a brief history of the desegregation of two elementary schools in New Orleans (Louisiana) in 1960. Presents the recollections and observations of the mother of two of the White students who continued to attend school despite a boycott. (FMW)

Descriptors: Black Education, Black Students, Blacks, Civil Rights