Presents the results of a questionnaire mailed to Black school superintendents. Discusses their responses on such issues as racial balance strategies, busing, the educational benefits of desegregation, and cultural identity of Black students. (GC)

Surveyed middle to upper middle class African Americans at three times following a 2000 court decision to desegregate schools in Louisiana's Lafayette Parish. Results indicated that although reactions were initially largely positive, these reactions turned negative after the reality of implementation (e.g., closing of black schools, busing of…

A close examination of Memphis, Tennessee, public school desegregation since Brown vs. Board of Education demonstrates how successful many southern communities have been in circumventing the decision. By 1981 White flight to the suburbs and increased enrollment in private schools left a public school system 76 percent Black and 24 percent White.…

Suggests that one thing that can be done for the United States is to send black, white and other children to the same public school and defends this assertion. The last part of the paper considers whether the bus as a symbol of the position stated can be defended against serious objections. (Author/AM)

Suggests several criteria for the short-term evaluation of school desegregation: (1) racial balancing; (2) equity; (3) educational improvements; and (4) citizen participation. Evaluates school desegregation in Milwaukee according to these criteria and judges it to have been a mixed success. (GC)

Presents an historic overview of school desegregation court decisions. Discusses governmental and socioeconomic factors that have influenced school desegregation policy. Describes the Milwaukee (Wisconsin) school desegregation settlement based on voluntary interdistrict student transfers and efforts to remedy racial isolation by integrating…

Argues for the adoption of an educationally oriented school desegregation strategy, rather than one based on racial balance. Holds that there is sufficient evidence that all-Black schools can effectively educate, and that courts are more than willing to consider alternative methods of providing "equal educational opportunity." (CMG)