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Brown, M. Christopher, II; Hendrickson, Robert M. – Journal for a Just and Caring Education, 1997
The 1992 "United States v. Fordice" case is the judicial precedent for desegregating higher education. Across 19 southern and border states, the desegregation burden has been shifted disproportionately to historically black colleges. This legal and political investigation explores acceptable responses to the desegregation mandate that…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, College Desegregation, Court Litigation, De Jure Segregation