Extensive observations of the pattern of seating by Negro and white college students in the cafeterias of Brooklyn College (1953) and City College of New York (1963 and 1965) revealed consistent isolation of the Negro students. This pattern of social (self) segregation existed within environments which have always been physically integrated and…

A program that has awarded 94 scholarships to blacks attending one of the open universities--racially integrated institutions--in South Africa is described. (MLW)

Discusses integration from the point of view of the black student on a predominantly white campus. (GB)

Although the number of African-American women who attended the elite Seven Sisters colleges prior to 1900 was small, these women were highly influential. Early integration is discussed for: (1) Wellesley College; (2) Radcliffe College; (3) Smith College; (4) Mount Holyoke College; (5) Bryn Mawr College; (6) Vassar College; and (7) Barnard College.…

Tentatively concludes that the scores of integrated black students represent more realistic aspirations than do those of segregated students. (RB)

After briefly reviewing the formation of current Department of Health, Education and Welfare policy, discusses Florida's desegregation status, activities of HEW's Office of Civil Rights, the formulation and progress of the Florida desegregation plan, the projected role of Florida A. and M., and, the problem of maintaining Black enrollment. (JM)

The purpose of this study is to discover the effects of pupil race and racial balance in schools on educational achievement. A brief review of pertinent background factors and related research literature is presented, followed by an explanation of the study itself. Subjects were one hundred and sixty black and white students in the Tacoma,…

Presents the historical context of Cape Town, South Africa, and its struggles against apartheid and apartheid education. It offers a case study of Allen Powell, a white teacher and administrator who worked to integrate Plumstead High School, an act that defied South African commonplace and the views of most white South Africans. Analyzes Powell's…

Chronicles the history of two Ohio Valley school districts. The creation of one black and one predominantly white district is a history of segregation, while the merger of the two 20 years later tells a story of desegregation. Primary and secondary historical data provide accounts from various perspectives of school segregation and desegregation,…

This report describes housing desegregation gains in Louisville and Jefferson County, Kentucky, largely caused by school desegregation. The work of Judge James F. Gordon, who presided over the school desegregation plan, is cited as instrumental in aiding in this process. He ruled that no child in the minority in a neighborhood would be used for…

Fifty lower-class Boston Negro students and 70 middle-class white suburban students ranging in age from 8 to 13 in grades 3 through 6 attended a suburban summer school in 1965. Boston students who were considered behavior problems did not qualify for the program, and all suburban students had volunteered to participate. Data were collected from…

A cross-cultural program at a southern university is described. The objective of the program was to enable white students to learn more about black culture by spending a quarter at a predominantly black university, and for students from black institutions to spend a quarter at a predominantly white institution. A model to help orient visiting…

Integrated education as it exists in many communities is actually harmful to black children and works to devastate rather than develop black talent; proponents of school integration must put effort into improving the quality of all schools. (JD)