The purpose of this study was to develop an approach to increasing antiracist actions among white college students. The study was developed within the framework of critical race theory (CRT) with a methodology grounded in participatory action research (PAR). In this study, a team of seven white college students and an academic researcher worked…

In this article, the author highlights the post-election priorities of the Southern Education Foundation (SEF). Leadership is a big priority and the SEF is working with a different notion of leadership that has more to do with collective--as opposed to individual--actions, systemic change, and more focus on the issue of care and empathy.…

Brown v. Board (1954) catalyzed a nationwide effort by the federal judiciary to desegregate public schools by court order, representing a major achievement for the U.S. civil rights movement. Four decades later, courts began dismissing schools from desegregation decrees in a staggered fashion, causing their racial homogeneity to rise. I leverage…

The Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, is one of only four predominantly Black medical schools in the United States. Among its illustrious alumni are surgeons general of the United States, medical school presidents, and numerous other highly regarded medical professionals. This book tells the engrossing history of this venerable…

This dissertation study was a descriptive case study of a minority community service organization whose members were actively involved in local school decision-making and activities in a rural Northeast Georgia community. Rural schools face unique challenges in light of current educational trends. To address the challenges, rural schools must…

Thousands of African Americans were banished from their communities by violent mobs in the late nineteenth century and the early part of the twentieth. The banishments happened quickly, sometimes overnight. Mobs would often lynch one or more men and then go through town burning down homes and churches and shooting at individuals. The African…

This article presents results of a racial/ethnic climate study conducted at Georgia State University (GSU). The study was designed to assess undergraduate student perceptions of the university's racial/ethnic climate. This included assessing student's overall level of satisfaction, satisfaction with GSU services and facilities, experiences with…

This article focuses on the development of the Transforming Community Project, which draws staff, students, and faculty into discussing the history of race at Emory University and in the United States. The project's creation followed a difficult year of racial strife and suspicion at Emory that was unprecedented in its recent history. The strain…

This collection of case studies on school desegregation in nine American communities (Kalamazoo, Michigan; Newark, Delaware; Riverside and Los Angeles, California; Savannah, Georgia; River City and Bayon County, Mississippi; Chicago, Illinois; and, Hempstead, New York.) summarizes and interprets the struggles to solve this domestic social problem.…

The participants for the Institute consisted of well-experienced classroom teachers from representative secondary schools in Georgia and South Carolina. There were a total of 40 teachers and counselors. It was felt that these teachers would experience, for the first time, the need to concern themselves with the socio-cultural backgrounds of…

This article suggests that in Moultrie, Georgia, as well as in many other southern towns, racial discrimination is a reality. Blacks are still poor, undereducated, and socially isolated from the majority community. (Author/AM)

Throughout the 1960's, when racial strife was rampant throughout the nation, Atlanta's shining image was, to a large degree, the result of a black majority too busy to hate." (Author/RJ)

Even in a time when many of their rights were restricted, Blacks distinguished themselves in two areas--the church and the schools. They built and maintained a viable community life focused around these two institutions. (Author)

This is a report on a conference series on teacher education and school integration in Atlanta, Georgia. Information on the most recent conferences since May, 1969, are also included. These conferences are held to have afforded the opportunity for many people to understand and profit from the mistakes and successes of others. Recommendations…

Forty guidance counselors and teacher-counselors, who were interested in improving their skill and competence in dealing with desegregation problems, met for a period of five weeks from June 12 to July 14, 1967. The main content of the Institute program consisted of classroom and practice experiences: (a) the classroom courses were concerned with…