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Hamilton, Lemondra V. – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2014
The purpose of this case study was to examine how Mississippi Valley State University (MVSU) implemented the negotiated ruling of the "Ayers" desegregation lawsuit and settlement to empower the institution and similarly situated historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The spoken and written words of three administrators of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, State Universities, School Desegregation, Desegregation Litigation
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Williams, John B. – Journal for a Just and Caring Education, 1997
The Supreme Court's recent legal reinterpretation of desegregation requirements for "de jure" segregated states and its finding (in "United States vs. Fordice") of continued segregation in Mississippi is being used by civil lights activists to compel redesign of effective remedies, monitor progress, and increase racial…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Blacks, College Desegregation, Court Litigation
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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