When forecasting the probable effects of a voucher system on the education of poor Blacks, the majority of authors whose writings were examined concurred that the exercise of educational choice would result in more productive and more responsive educational opportunities for the newly empowered impoverished Black family. (Author)

This handbook is designed to acquaint school personnel with data relevant to the Afro-American in the western United States. The first five chapters ("The Significance of the Afro-American People,""We Are All Africans,""The West's Afro-American Heritage,""Afro-Americans in the West Today," and "American…

Notably isolated from the large metropolitan centers by geography and predominantly agricultural in its economy, Kern County is California's third largest county in land area. About one-third of the county is situated on the flat valley floor at the extreme southern end of the San Joaquin Valley. The area relies heavily on Chicano and Black manual…

This study focuses on the treatment of non white minority groups by those responsible for public education in California between 1849 and 1970. Discrimination against blacks, American Indians, children of Mexican migrant workers, and Asian Americans are discussed in terms of government legislation, school board policies and social attitudes. Such…

Collection of articles, examines issues related to African Americans in higher education. Topics include black faculty; educational finance; law schools; black colleges; private universities; enrollment trends; high achieving African immigrants; bridging the racial computer gap; black women compared to black men and to white women in doctoral…