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Peer reviewedBiles, Roger – Journal of Negro Education, 1986
A close examination of Memphis, Tennessee, public school desegregation since Brown vs. Board of Education demonstrates how successful many southern communities have been in circumventing the decision. By 1981 White flight to the suburbs and increased enrollment in private schools left a public school system 76 percent Black and 24 percent White.…
Descriptors: Black Education, Busing, Civil Rights, Desegregation Methods
