Presents interviews with Blacks about past experiences with racial discrimination and the impact of integration and prejudice on their children. Discusses the importance of parental guidance in teaching young Blacks about their cultural heritage and how to cope with prejudice and discrimination. (SA)

Choice offers the best prospect for accomodating parents' diverse educational expectations within public education and can help allay the public education crisis. To prevent educational choice from generating unequal opportunities and segregation, it is important to begin with planning for choices for poor children and low achievers. (RDN)

Reviews the history of court cases involving desegregation of public facilities, housing, quality education, and employment since 1964. Argues that although advances have barely outnumbered setbacks, the progress that has been made cannot be eroded. Evaluation of progress is based on goals put forward by Martin Luther King's "March on Washington"…

Provides background on Shelby State Community College's (SSCC's) involvement in a Tennessee desegregation case, "Saunders v Ellington," and points to the errors that resulted in and the problems that resulted from the ruling which enjoined SSCC from building a suburban campus until the inner-city campus was completed. (AYC)

Examines the literature on academic achievement, self-esteem, identity development, and school integration. Indicates the need for investigation of the effects of busing minority children on their identity status. (FMW)

Discusses paradigm shifts in racial relations that are redefining existing models and redirecting race relations in U.S. society. The author examines the implications of five dominant and emergent racial paradigms on policy formation and their significance for Asian American Studies. (GR)

Argues that to more fully understand beliefs about race that seem paradoxical, it is important to understand the way that beliefs are conceptualized and measured. The authors conclude that the concept of values developed by Rokeach (1973) offers a better basis for gauging public sentiment toward social policies and toward day-to-day living in an…

Refutes criticisms by L. G. Carr and D. J. Ziegler of the author's predictions concerning mandatory busing in Norfolk, Virginia. Charges that Carr and Ziegler ignored or miscalculated statistical evidence. Concludes that canceling forced busing would have brought White students back to secondary schools, as it did to elementary schools. (SG)

Explores public school desegregation and the consequences of a "facilities" emphasis on children. The author illustrates this issue through personal observations and comments from two black teachers regarding the cultural and social psychological effects of forced public school integration. These observations reveal that the benefits of…

This paper describes some of the race discrimination issues in education that are most pressing 40 years after the "Brown v. Board of Education" decision and offers ways in which lawyers and educators can help address such discrimination. The following race discrimination issues in education are likely to produce conflict: (1) the use of…

This paper examines the historical background leading to the Supreme Court case of United States vs. Fordice concerning the issue of desegregation in Mississippi's higher education system. The paper focuses on the problems this decision raised regarding eight public colleges that had enrollments and mission statements classifying them as either…

The Joint Center for Political Studies aims to increase black America's ability to participate fully and effectively in the governance of society. While significant progress has been made since 1970, recent evidence shows that gains are deteriorating and that disturbing demographic trends are changing the social structure of the nation. This…

Several problems regarding the desegregation process can be identified. First, the population shift of urban whites to surrounding suburbs has hindered urban school desegregation and metropolitan desegregation plans have proved politically unsuccessful. Second, the number of black administrators lags far behind the number of black students. In…

Surveys the civil rights agenda in New York City, especially police-Black community relations and the pressure to open men's clubs to women. Argues that Blacks and women's leaders reliance on courts and local legislatures sometimes leads to distortion of legal principles and traditional civil rights values and objectives. (RDN)

The United States Supreme Court is expected to rule on a case involving the tax-exempt status of educational institutions that have racially discriminatory policies, in particular, Bob Jones University. A picture of life at the school is offered along with an interview with its president. (MLW)