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Charleston, LaVar J.; Charleston, Sherri Ann; Jackson, Jerlando F. L. – Journal of Negro Education, 2014
The effective integration of African American students into previously segregated careers was one of the main goals of the "Brown" decision and, in turn, the outcomes of such efforts have been the subject of much scholarly interest). This qualitative study, drawing on critical race theorist Derrick Bell's critique of "Brown,"…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Access to Education, Career Choice, African American Students
Smith, Maurice W. J. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Fifty-two years after "Brown v. Board of Education" and 42 years after the Civil Rights Act of 1964, there remains a declining presence of Black teachers and administrators in the United States. As powerful role models for all students, especially Black students, Black educators are crucial to the increasing minority student population…
Descriptors: Principals, Role Models, Rating Scales, Probability
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Dejong-Lambert, William – European Education, 2007
Though the impact of the cold war on the civil rights movement continued long after the desegregation crisis in Little Rock, the timing of the events in Arkansas, particularly the events at Central High School, constituted a unique moment in the history of the cold war. Up until the fall of 1957, the Soviet Union had been perceived as less…
Descriptors: United States History, Politics, Career Choice, War