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Kimbrough, Jackie; Crocker, Stephen – 1978
This report presents the results of an evaluation of the Nonprofit Organization Program (NPO) of the Emergency School Aid Act of 1972. The program provides financial assistance to nonprofit community organizations to support the development or implementation of public school desegregation or otherwise reduce or eliminate minority group isolation.…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Organizations, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
Castellanos, Diego – 1979
Three phenomena are examined in this paper: (1) the segregation inherent in the early stages of bilingual instruction; (2) the Hispanic view of school desegregation; (3) the treatment of Hispanic children by desegregating school systems. Court rulings, Federal guidelines, and other legal mandates concerning the segregation of national origin…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Community Attitudes, Desegregation Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education
McDonnell, Lorraine M.; Zellman, Gail L. – 1978
The Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) provides financial assistance to nonprofit organizations (NPOs) to support school desegregation programs or reduce minority group isolation. In this volume the effectiveness of ESAA-NPOs and non-ESAA-funded groups is examined. The analysis, based on data from 131 community organizations in 40 school districts…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Organizations, Community Support, Desegregation Effects
O'Brien, Thomas V. – 1993
An interpretive overview of Georgia's response to the 1954 school desegregation decision is presented. The study, approached historically, concludes that massive resistance to desegregation crumbled in the state in large part due to forces within the state. It is argued that the public's commitment to public education was stronger than its support…
Descriptors: Black Education, Classroom Desegregation, Community Attitudes, Desegregation Litigation
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Desimone, Laura M. – Journal of Negro Education, 1993
Examines the language of race in a rural, primarily African-American town in North Carolina, focusing on the Civil War, social interactions, school before desegregation, the closing of the town's elementary school, and school dropouts. The roles of repression and denial in socializing talk about racially charged issues are illustrated. (SLD)
Descriptors: Black Attitudes, Black History, Blacks, Civil War (United States)
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Nix, Mary – Journal of Negro Education, 1993
Summarizes the history of education in a rural, primarily African-American town in North Carolina as one of denial used as a coping mechanism for disappointment. Denial of real problems by blacks and whites has contributed to the town's weakened sense of community and its lack of a local school. (SLD)
Descriptors: Black Education, Black History, Blacks, Busing
McConahay, John B. – 1981
This volume offers a proposal for a national desegregation study which would involve coordinated case studies of twelve to fifteen cities in which there has been substantial systemwide desegregation for 5 to 10 or more years. The following are identified as the principal components of the study: (1) a natural history of school desegregation; (2) a…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Attitude Measures, Case Studies, Community Attitudes