In this paper, I examine the use of litigation as a strategic tool of resistance for thwarting school desegregation. Utilizing "Cowan v. Bolivar County Board of Education" as a case study, I argue that, despite losing the constitutional right to racially segregate public schools according to an explicit white supremacist doctrine, whites…

In the 21st century, U.S. Blacks in public schools experience disenfranchisement, as did their ancestral predecessors in the 19th and 20th centuries. This research utilizes the "White Racial Frame," which essentially encompasses the cognitive racialized false stereotypes and beliefs Whites hold regarding people of color (Feagin, 2010).…

This study deals with four aspects of the development of the black child: (1) the development of self-esteem and racial attitudes in preschool children from preschool age and over a period of time; (2) the relationship between these variables; (3) the impact of demographic factors upon these developments, and (4) the occupational and educational…

While the general trend was toward greater tolerance, the moderation in attitudes among parents complying with the court order was largely confined to the more conservative parents. (Author)

James W. Loewen and Charles Sallis wrote "Mississippi: Conflict and Change" to be used as a state history text. A state rating committee rejected the book. The authors have sued the state, claiming that the old text, used exclusively since 1962, violates the rights of blacks and other minority groups. (GC)

This special report, the fourth of a series commenting on the progress of school desegregation in the South, traces the turn of events since the 1968 report. The influence of the coming of the Nixon administration, the "go slow" approach to desegregation in the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) of the Department of Health, Education and…

This study attempts to view some of the historical and social factors that may affect the development of self concepts and racial attitudes of black children in a Northern and Southern environment, and to examine the differential effect of growing up in a female-headed household on the relationship between the self concept and racial attitudes of…

This paper explores the comparative utility of institutional and personal qualities in explaining cognitive outcomes in self-esteem, racial attitudes, and political and social involvement in the context of desegregated schools. Three kinds of schools in a Mississippi county were studied: public desegregated, public segregated black, and private…

Racial attitudes were an issue in the 1972 Mississippi gubernatorial campaign between Charles Evers and William Waller. This conclusion is supported by test evidence consisting of content analysis of candidate speeches, news coverage of speeches in the form of direct quotations, printed issue position papers, and printed campaign advertising. A…

This study compares information about the attitudes of black children in a predominantly black urban community with that from a previous study on Mississippi and Michigan children in which no difference in race attitudes and no relationship between racial attitudes and self-concept were found. The report studies a sample of four- and five-year-old…

An account about living in one of the last states to integrate public universities to include blacks is provided by former Mississippi State University (MSU) president (1960-1966), Dean W. Colvard. He recounts his initial reactions to the invitation to become MSU president in the face of predictable racial problems, and his reception as an…

This study examined the effects of different instructional approaches on male and female, Caucasian preservice teachers' opinions about multicultural education issues at a Mississippi university. Both the treatment group (N=19) and the comparison group (N=32) listened to lectures that focused on multicultural education concepts and the…

On July 28, 2006, a panel of experts briefed members of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on the putative benefits of racial and ethnic diversity in elementary and secondary education. Four experts presented written statements to the Commissioners that assessed the social science literature on this issue. They also addressed whether or not…