This paper presents a broad discussion of the historical, political, and philosophical aspects of school integration as embodied in the Brown decision of 1954. Segregated education is damaging to both whites and blacks. Thus, the Brown decision was beneficial for the majority group as well as for minorities. Historically, in fact, free public…

This report by the United States Commission on Civil Rights focuses on the desegregation of metropolitan schools. It begins by summarizing the research on the causes of racial isolation in metropolitan areas, and connects this research to issues raised in Milliken V. Bradley. In this case, the Supreme Court noted that legal decisions affecting…

Eight papers examining different aspects of the effects of court decisions on education are contained in this book, the first of two volumes. The papers were solicited from scholars in the fields of law, political science, sociology, and education in conjunction with a 1979 conference held in Madison, Wisconsin. The conference was called to…

IN RESPONSE TO THE SUPREME COURT'S CALL FOR ACTION IN REGARD TO INTEGRATION, CERTAIN QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED. THESE INCLUDED--(1) THE END OF LEGAL SEGREGATION IN THE SCHOOLS WAS NOT A SHARP BREAK WITH THE PAST, SINCE IT WAS AN OUTGROWTH OF THE TREND IN RACE RELATIONS DATING FROM THE END OF WORLD WAR II. (2) RACE RELATIONS WERE NOT UNIFORM…

Statements released by the Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Education summarizing the office's findings on the states' progress in meeting goals set out in their desegregation plans are presented. (MLW)

A compilation of regional reports forecasting the coming academic years: financial woes trouble the Midwest and Northeast; Atlanta still carries the controversy sparked by the Atlanta Compromise;'' Denver is trying to adjust its standing as the first Northern city with court ordered busing; and, Los Angeles combats vandalism. (Author/JM)

Beginning with the Brown vs. Topeka'' case of 1954 and continuing to the Equal Educational Opportunity bill of 1972, the author traces a series of court cases, laws, pronouncements and research studies concerning educational opportunity and the implications of the busing concept for desegregation and integration. (Author/JM)

This report, compiled by the settlement facilitator, documents progress for year six of the 7-year Bronson Agreement. The agreement was entered into to settle the litigation entitled Mona Bronson, et al. vs. Board of Education of the City of Cincinnati. Its major goals were the following: (1) continuing to reduce racial isolation of students in…

The Supreme Court's landmark Brown decision changed the total pattern of race relations in the United States and helped to solidify the foundations of American democracy for the benefit of all Americans. Ironically, although the specific issue which resulted in the Brown decision was concerned with the constitutionality of racially segregated…

A survey of developments pertinent to school integration and the education of minority group children on both a federal and a state-by-state basis. (JM)

This book concentrates on the experiences, personal insights, and big events that made up the battle to desegregate the public schools in Boston, Massachusetts. It also gives the historical background of the struggle. In 1965, Massachusetts passed the first state law against de facto segregation, the Racial Imbalance Act. It was not enforced. On…

United States district judges have, regardless of their personal views the awesome assignment of forcing compliance with the Supreme Court's 1954 school segregation decisions. In the District of Columbia and in the border states of Missouri, Oklahoma, West Virginia, Delaware, and Maryland, for the most part authorities have completed, or are…

The text of an address to the National Policy Conference on Education for Blacks, held in Arlington, Virginia, March 29-April 1, 1972. (JM)

Asserts that judicial hostility to majority-black schools reinforces the national belief that minority-black schools are bad schools, thus insuring that integration in education must continue to reflect preference for middle-class, white behavior. (Author/JM)