A review of developments on the national and state level, including federal court litigation, the activities of the Community Relations Service of the U.S. Department of Justice, rules barring sex discrimination in the nation's schools and colleges, the published Internal Revenue Service proposed guidelines on private school non-discrimination and…

Tracks the racial integration of Southeastern Conference (SEC) teams from the late 1950s on. Includes tables showing: date of integration, by school and sport; numbers of Blacks on SEC teams, 1967-80; percentage of Blacks on SEC football teams (1967-79), basketball teams, track and field teams, all sport teams (1967-80), and baseball teams…

Presents interviews with Blacks about past experiences with racial discrimination and the impact of integration and prejudice on their children. Discusses the importance of parental guidance in teaching young Blacks about their cultural heritage and how to cope with prejudice and discrimination. (SA)

The result, for those seeking a metropolitanwide solution to school desegregation, is that neither Milliken nor the implementation of Gautreaux offers very much hope for the near future. (Author)

This paper examines the role of women in the 1957 desegregation of Arkansas's Central High School, using data from interviews with black and white teachers and other prominent community members at the time. The paper shares stories of teachers, students, the Mother's League, the Women's Emergency Community, and Daisy Bates, president of the…

Provides background on Shelby State Community College's (SSCC's) involvement in a Tennessee desegregation case, "Saunders v Ellington," and points to the errors that resulted in and the problems that resulted from the ruling which enjoined SSCC from building a suburban campus until the inner-city campus was completed. (AYC)

Explores the identity issue of the Afro-Caribbean minority group in Great Britain. Views issue in terms of political capacities and practices of this group. Concludes that minority experiences endured by this group have sharpened their perspectives concerning their place in society and led to a belief in the necessity of transforming British…

This paper describes some of the race discrimination issues in education that are most pressing 40 years after the "Brown v. Board of Education" decision and offers ways in which lawyers and educators can help address such discrimination. The following race discrimination issues in education are likely to produce conflict: (1) the use of…

These conference proceedings cover three general areas: (1) purposes and values of high school athletics, (2) the need for a definition of equality, and (3) the legal basis for athletics and evolving definitions of equality. Specific essays discuss topics such as the organization and legal basis for athletics; racial segregation in high school…

This week long conference of senior and junior ranking military officers along with civilians dealt with military social work in the content areas of drugs and race. Theodore Roszak's concept of Counter Culture provided the unifying theme. The following papers were presented: 1) The Theme of the Counter-Culture; 2) Drugs, Race and the Counter…

Surveys the civil rights agenda in New York City, especially police-Black community relations and the pressure to open men's clubs to women. Argues that Blacks and women's leaders reliance on courts and local legislatures sometimes leads to distortion of legal principles and traditional civil rights values and objectives. (RDN)

The only minority member of the Los Angeles Board of Education answers questions concerning problems encountered in desegregating Los Angeles schools. Available from: P.O. Box 41048, Los Angeles, CA 90041. (CM)

As a Native American with advanced college training in the field of education in northwest lower Michigan, the author has increasingly encountered denial on the part of educational professionals in the region as a response to statistics on race. During 2002, she spent nine months reviewing and renewing her statistical sources for use in nonfiction…

Recent studies suggest that in times of growing liberalism in public opinion, social and political attitudes in all age cohorts become more tolerant. Such studies have challenged the long standing assumptions that social and political attitudes become more conservative as people age. To extend the research on this subject, a study was conducted to…

The power of Black women is discussed in terms of their progress in society so far, their current predicaments, and possibilities for the future. The progress of Black women is seen in their survival, the greater numbers of Black women in nontraditional roles, and the competence and qualities with which they perform in those roles. Four…