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Brown, Peter – DesignShare (NJ1), 2007
Brown discusses the history of Hector Garcia, a Mexican immigrant who, as U.S. Army captain, worked diligently to assist minority servicemen in navigating the Veterans Administration, and found the GI Forum. Dr. Garcia's activism, through the Forum, was instrumental in desegregating hospitals, swimming pools, schools and cemeteries. Brown's case…
Descriptors: School Buildings, Veterans, Citizenship Education, Case Studies
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Hwang, Sean-Shong; Murdock, Steve H. – Social Science Quarterly, 1982
Between 1970 and 1980 racial and ethnic segregation for major Texas cities declined for all groups, but declines were small between Anglo and Spanish groups. Segregation is unaffected by variation in size of city, percent of population that is Spanish or Black, or central city status. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Ethnic Discrimination, Hispanic Americans, Minority Groups
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Popkin, Susan J.; Galster, George C.; Temkin, Kenneth; Herbig, Carla; Levy, Diane K.; Richer, Elise K. – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2003
Between 1992 and 1996 the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) settled a number of legal cases involving housing authorities and agreed to take remedial action as part of court-enforced consent decrees entered into with plaintiffs. These housing authorities faced significant obstacles that impaired their ability to comply swiftly…
Descriptors: Public Housing, Neighborhood Integration, Compliance (Legal), Minority Groups