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)

Examined photographs taken of U.S. public school classes between the 1880s and the 1940s. Found significant gaps and historical amnesia, with segregated collections that reproduce images of hierarchy and dominance. The photographic archives searched convey biased views of the history of education and minority groups in the United States. (SLD)

An exploration of the complex relationship between attitudes toward the situational contexts of pupil redistribution, ethnic integration, and opinions regarding the school transportation issue. Opposition to pupil distribution appeared to result more from attitudes toward the objects of redistribution than from the situational contexts of…

Schools in Mississippi have undergone phases of change in which racial segregation and patterns of resistance to change have been influenced significantly by residential segregation at the local level and by racial composition of the population at broader scales. The fifth phase is likely to be a return to some form of dual school system.…

The problems surrounding the education of a major minority group and ways to surmount these difficulties are analyzed. (CK)

The long road of slavery from generation to generation has left a legacy in the mind of African American students that has impacted their achievements in schools. In this project, the struggle of African American students in the public school education will be analyzed from the historical standpoint of view and its impact on their achievements.…

This essay argues that Amherst County citizens and policy makers treated Monacan children differently than white, black, and even other Indian students in Virginia and were determined to keep this particular group of children out of "their" schools and out of "their" community. Even despite federal mandates to do otherwise,…

However difficult desegregation may have been, and however distant full integration may still be, many Southern school systems have moved far enough in that direction to realize that the past is dead, and some of them may be beginning to see total equity as an asset to be prized. (Author)

Outlines historical eras in the relationship between Blacks and Whites in the United States. (IRT)

Reexamines the "Brown" decision, including its background, the issues before the Court, the holding, and the implementation decision. (IRT)

Chicanos have been and still are segregated and discriminated against in political, judicial, social, economic, educational, and psychological ways. Historical and current evidence supports the fact that Chicanos are segregated and discriminated against in ways that rival or exceed that segregation and discrimination practiced against Blacks.…

Although both Mexican-American and "Okie" migrants to California and the Pacific Northwest suffered discrimination, the assimilation and mobility of later generations of Okies contrasts with the racism, school segregation, and perpetuation of class divisions in the experience of Mexican Americans. (SK)