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Bacote, Catina – Facing History and Ourselves, 2009
Thousands of African Americans were banished from their communities by violent mobs in the late nineteenth century and the early part of the twentieth. The banishments happened quickly, sometimes overnight. Mobs would often lynch one or more men and then go through town burning down homes and churches and shooting at individuals. The African…
Descriptors: Study Guides, Documentaries, African American History, Racial Discrimination
McDonald, Laughlin – Bridge: A Review of Cross-Cultural Affairs, 1978
This article suggests that in Moultrie, Georgia, as well as in many other southern towns, racial discrimination is a reality. Blacks are still poor, undereducated, and socially isolated from the majority community. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Black Influences, Black Leadership, Racial Discrimination, Racial Relations
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Hein, Virginia H. – Phylon, 1972
Throughout the 1960's, when racial strife was rampant throughout the nation, Atlanta's shining image was, to a large degree, the result of a black majority too busy to hate." (Author/RJ)
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Civil Rights Legislation, Classroom Desegregation, Racial Integration
US Commission on Civil Rights, 2006
On July 28, 2006, a panel of experts briefed members of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on the putative benefits of racial and ethnic diversity in elementary and secondary education. Four experts presented written statements to the Commissioners that assessed the social science literature on this issue. They also addressed whether or not…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Civil Rights, School Desegregation, Secondary Education