In this essay, application of the equal-status contact hypothesis to the policy of integrated housing is reassessed by reviewing the findings from two studies of interracial public housing. Assessment of the relative level of interracial intimacy in the integrated projects is hindered by measures lacking in clarity and comprehensiveness, but the…

Examines data taken from a 109-city sample to describe patterns of racial change in the context of segregation decline between 1970 and 1980. Integration occurred more through decline in the proportion of Black residents in areas defined as mostly Black (deconcentration) than through Blacks moving into mostly White neighborhoods (integration).…

Four surveys of white student attitudes on the main campus of the University of Alabama, begun in 1963 and continued at 3-year intervals, indicate increasing acceptance of blacks. It would appear that the desegregation of any social system results in rapid rejection of "racial" roles for interaction, assuming that the setting has been…

LITERATURE ON SEGREGATION AND INTEGRATION OF NEGROES AND WHITES IN THE UNITED STATES IS PRESENTED. THE LITERATURE SURVEYED IS CONFINED TO ARTICLES WHICH APPEARED IN PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS IN THE PERIOD JANUARY 1, 1951, TO JULY 1, 1956. SEGREGATION AND INTEGRATION IN VARIOUS INSTITUTIONAL AREAS INCLUDE INTERRACIAL ACTIVITIES IN SOUTHERN CHURCHES, IN…

The fourth in a series of reports on racial attitudes shows that U.S. whites have increased their support of integration at a steady pace, with a striking period of more rapid change between 1970 and 1972. (Author/MA)

This report contains the Civil Rights Commission's evaluation of school desegregation in a variety of school districts throughout the United States and is based on data obtained from commission hearings, State Advisory Committee to the Commission meetings, mail surveys to 1,291 school districts, and 900 indepth interviews in 29 school districts.…

The trend in the extent of school desegregation in Nashville-Davidson County, Tennessee, through the decade of the 1960's is examined in this report. This trend analysis has import for two reasons. The progress made toward eliminating the old pattern of racially separate school systems is assessed. Thus, the degree of compliance in one city with…

An analysis and interpretation of a five-volume study by Aspira, Inc., which examined Hispanic segregation in U.S. schools, presents an overview of the study, general findings, and a summary and conclusions, including recommendations for further study and analysis and general policy recommendations. Segregation trends for Hispanics are discussed…