North Carolina's Rationale for Mandating Separate Schools: A Legal History.

Beezer, Bruce

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Publication Date: 1983

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North Carolina's Rationale for Mandating Separate Schools: A Legal History.

Beezer, Bruce

Journal of Negro Education, v52 n3 p213-26 Sum 1983

The North Carolina Supreme Court considered the Federal separate-but-equal mandate as manifesting the law of nature. Separation of Black and White children was justified on grounds that their differences were so great that any attempt to educate them together would be dangerous to the State's welfare. (CMG)

Descriptors: Black Education, Black Youth, Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Desegregation Litigation, Educational Discrimination, Elementary Secondary Education, Public Schools, Racial Discrimination, School Segregation, State Courts

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: North Carolina

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