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Pellegrino, Anthony M.; Mann, Linda J.; Russell, William B., III – History Teacher, 2013
Effective history teaching includes ample opportunities for students to develop historical thinking skills and habits of mind which encourage them to learn content beyond simple acquisition of facts. Covering the profound topic of segregation by employing multiple perspectives and encouraging investigation beyond the traditional narrative provides…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Thinking Skills, School Segregation, African American Education
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Chism, Kahlil; Potter, Lee Ann – Social Education, 2004
The Supreme Court's opinion in the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education case legally ended decades of racial segregation in America's public schools. Originally named after Oliver Brown, the first of many plaintiffs listed in the lower court case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, KS, the landmark decision actually resolved five separate…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, African American Students, School Segregation, Racial Segregation
Hamilton, Kendra; Cerstvik, Joan Preston – Black Issues in Higher Education, 2004
It's a little-known fact, but, 50 years ago, the junior high and high schools of Topeka, Kan., were integrated--though in name only. Fear was the order of the day at the high school, where an African American assistant superintendent by the name of Harrison Caldwell roamed the halls as the "White folks' enforcer," ensuring that African…
Descriptors: Racial Segregation, School Segregation, Desegregation Litigation, African American Students
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Milner, H. Richard; Howard, Tyrone C. – Journal of Negro Education, 2004
The impact of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas 1954 decision on the desegregation of public schools in the United States of America and the provisions of better learning opportunities for African American students are described. The study showed that the issues around African American teachers, post-desegregation, have to be studied…
Descriptors: African American Teachers, African American Students, African American Community, Desegregation Litigation