In 1971-72, desegregation of pupils in Florida schools is approaching totality. Simultaneously, disruption of schools because of interracial friction appears to have increased, though it may directly involve only a small percentage of pupils. Complete integration of schools remains a goal to be sought. (Author)

Describes the threatened extinction of Black principalships in the South, and decries the threatened loss of leadership to the Negro community that this implies. (JF)

The Brown decision is examined in light of the changing racial attitudes during the 1930s and 1940s. The effects, both positive and negative, of the decision are also discussed with emphasis on the continuing fight to bring about equal opportunity. (MC)

Discusses the implications of a 1976 survey of Indiana public high school journalism programs which found the percentage of non-white students on publication staffs to be very low. (MKM)

Reviews the coming of Blacks to Appalachia and the general character of their social and cultural development in the region. Focuses on the retreat from biracial education and biracial unionism in the early 1900s and how these failures affected the present status of Appalachian Blacks as some of America's poorest people. (CMG)

Presents the story of Charles Hamilton Houston, an African American legal scholar who led a crusade focused on equal educational opportunities and facilities for African American students. He used the courts to force Americans to listen to his message about racial subjugation, segregation, and lynch law. (SM)

Findings of this study are said to be consistent with the assumption that HEW would be more effective in enforcing desegregation than the courts. Most important finding is said to be the limited amount of explained variance attributable to the Federal courts as enforcement agencies. [Available from Sage Publications, 275 South Beverly Drive,…

The authors study the impact of conflict and school desegregation in 91 northern cities. The findings indicate that cities with militant black population and school boards with a high level of internal conflict are more likely to have desegregation. However, civil rights demonstrations and grass roots anti-integration activity by whites seem to be…

This study is concerned with the participation by Negroes in public recreation programs in 24 suburban communities in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, and the five boroughs of New York City. It is a broadly descriptive study of the activities in which Negroes of all ages participate, as well as of administrative practices and problems…

Antecedents and correlates of interracial behavior among high school students were assessed. Separate questionnaires were prepared for white and black students so that specific items referred explicitly to members of one's own race or to members of the other race. These questionnaires were completed by 750 students in an integrated high school…

Nathan Glazer's book "Affirmative Discrimination: Ethnic Inequality and Public Policy" is reviewed with a focus on the highly divisive nature of redistributive justice in America and its consequences. (DS)

This chapter reflects on the civil rights movement and affirmative action at the University of Virginia from the 1960s to 1999, when affirmative action was challenged by people claiming that it discriminated against new groups. It describes how affirmative action changed the author's teaching at the University as he challenged deep-rooted racial…

Presents recent citations under various headings, including: history, children, the Black woman, the American scene, Spanish Americans, Indian Americans, poor Whites, other ethnic groups, school organization, teachers, compensatory education, Afro-American studies, innovative approaches, colleges, law and government, school and work, social…

Three conclusions are supported in this study of racial violence in public schools: (1) the causes are rooted in the community as well as the schools; (2) the most direct factor is the extent to which the school system is racially desegregated; and (3) the data support riot theories which stress their parapolitical character. (Author/RLV)