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Vergon, Charles – West's Education Law Quarterly, 1993
Provides a brief history and description of the male academy program in Detroit, Michigan; reviews the nature of the legal arguments advanced in this case; and identifies lessons to be learned regarding the fundamental legal, political, and policy issues associated with the male academy movement. (68 references) (MLF)
Descriptors: Blacks, Court Litigation, Elementary Education, High Risk Students
Sevitch, Benjamin – 1981
Prevailing animosity toward blacks in New England prior to the Civil War is demonstrated in this case study of Prudence Crandall's attempt to establish a school for Negro girls in Canterbury, Connecticut, in 1833. Prudence Crandall, a quaker schoolmistress, was the successful proprietor of a school for girls from socially prominent families in…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Access to Education, Blacks, Case Studies
