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Peer reviewedBrown, Frank – Journal of Negro Education, 2004
Information regarding the 1964 Civil Rights Act, its value and importance in the elimination of state-imposed school segregation is described. The 1964 granted the US Attorney General the power and authority to bring suits on behalf of the African American plaintiffs in thousands of school districts operating racially segregated public elementary…
Descriptors: School Segregation, Public Schools, Civil Rights Legislation, Equal Education
