In 1979-80, residential mobility was lower among African Americans than non-African Americans after adjusting for differences in home ownership and sociodemographic characteristics. Both African-American and non-African-American mobility were influenced by life-cycle factors, housing characteristics, and metropolitan features, but African-American…

A disproportionate number of black Americans continue to be ill-housed despite government efforts to overcome this problem. Five factors contribute to this: government policies, which often perpetuate unequal housing markets; the disproportionate number of minority families who are renters rather than homeowners; residential segregation and…

Reports on three recent histories that challenge three historical misconceptions about racial segregation and discrimination in the U.S. (Author/AM)

Analyzes White Southern attitudes toward desegregation from the 1950s to the 1980s and traces how support for segregation of the races gradually decreased. Argues that supporters of segregation now comprise an inconsequential fringe group and suggests that Southern racial relations are today no better or worse than those in other regions. (KH)

Examines Black occupational mobility and factors that have influenced the growth of the Black middle class since the 1960s. Argues that the Black middle class occupies a fragile market position because Black mobility depends on fluctuating government policy rather than on free market factors. (Author/MJL)

The most racially segregated groups are laborers and service workers. At each occupational level, women are more racially segregated than are men. The racial composition of any single occupational group at a particular work place tends to follow the racial composition of workers in other occupations at that establishment. (Author/GC)

Discusses the Black struggle for equality, particularly in the post-World War II period, its influence on other American minorities, and its potential impact in international affairs. (DM)

The South African education system is engaged in a cultural struggle to bring about equality. The agenda for the country is transformation and equity despite considerable barriers inherited from its past. Examines: identity formation and deconstruction in South Africa; a diversity of inequality; the Enlightenment versus the diversity episteme; and…

Examines residential segregation of urban ethnic groups, identifying residential area types according to the degree of ethnic mixing and evaluating their relative importance in 18 English cities in light of research on processes and patterns involved in segregation. Results find little evidence of significant segregation of black groups but some…

Students in communication classes find it useful to study Madonna because she is a fascinating and prolific cultural figure whose merit and intentions are matters of great controversy. As the quintessential music-video star, she is also perhaps the medium's most significant auteur. In the areas of women's roles, motherhood, sexuality, race and…

Black and white students attending integrated, non-integrated, and magnet schools in Saint Louis, Missouri, were subjected to the California Achievement Tests in 1980-81, the first year of a system-wide mandatory desegregation plan in the district. Results are presented in this report in the form of statistical tables and textual analyses.…

This study discusses the linkage between socioeconomic variables and school segregation, showing that black concentration and school district size are predictors of school segregation. The impact of federal enforcement of school desegregation in the South between 1968 and 1970 is examined. (Author/RM)

A vignette about desegregation and school integration. (Author)

Though Congress long ago declared housing discrimination illegal, there is very little enforcement of the law, and in 2000, the isolation of minority families remains high. The most recent federal and local studies of the housing market and of lending practices indicate continued and widespread discrimination. Segregated black communities extend…

Analyzes the racial breakdowns of population by census tract for Chicago; these figures, released in April 1970 by the Bureau of Census, use the Negro consolidation index which measures the rapidity of racial turnover of a neighborhood after entry by blacks. (JM)