This article reports the preliminary findings of a study on changes in community opinion during the desegregation process. Responses to various questions regarding desegregation in the Charlotte-Mecklenberg school system in North Carolina by Black and White community members are summarized. (Author/EB)

The 1965 Federal government publication reviews the status of school desegregation as of that year. It is said that "profound changes" were taking place in the desegregation process from 1963 to 1965. Information is presented about the situation in primary and secondary schools, colleges and universities, as well as the extent of…

This report describes the history of racial integration in the Tulsa (Oklahoma) Public Schools from 1954 to 1982. The first section examines integration from 1954 to 1969, and discusses such initial steps as boundary changes and school transfers that were made in response to government policy and legislation for integration. The second section…

Since the 1954 Brown decision, Dallas residents have engaged in avoidance, resistance, legal battles and, finally, cooperation and compromise in the desegregation of Dallas schools. It now appears that Dallas is making some progress toward desegregation. Except for some segments of the black community, who felt they had been betrayed because of a…

Discusses the history of school desegregation efforts in Chicago from the 1964 Civil Rights Act to the present. Suggests that the concept of "uniform incorporation" of all citizens in society is being replaced by the goal of "egalitarian pluralism" (Pierre van den Berghe's categories) by Chicago's Black and Hispanic leaders.…

Compares Federal court-ordered school desegregation plans in urban and rural Tennessee school districts. Indicates that approaches differed with varying district characteristics. Suggests that community responses to plans were influenced by such factors as racial composition; customs; leaders' attitudes; environmental and economic conditions; and…

The school superintendent describes the process of integration in the White Plains, New York, schools and reports on some findings of a before and after study of achievement. The racial balance plan, achieved by busing inner city Negro children to formerly all-white schools, has not had an adverse effect on the academic achievement of white…

Focuses on the academic decision making of several female African Americans in a rural southern (primarily African-American) town by considering their personal school experiences and their interpretations of the value of education in their community contexts. Preliminary findings show many contradictions between educational beliefs and actual…

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)

THE PILOT PROJECT WHICH IS REVIEWED IN THIS REPORT EVALUATED THE FIRST STEPS TAKEN TOWARD THE DESEGREGATION OF THE ELEMENTARY AND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS OF A MEDIUM-SIZED NORTHERN CITY. PART OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE PROJECT WAS A SOCIOPOLITICAL CASE STUDY OF THE COMMUNITY DECISION-MAKING PROCESS, WHICH OBSERVED AND RECORDED CITY'S INITIAL…

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)

In this report, the Chicago Urban League assesses the Chicago Board of Education's proposed school desegregation plan. The report discusses eleven points of disagreement with plan provisions. The issues raised include: (1) the absence of concrete provisions, especially numerical standards, to ensure that existing black-white separation in Chicago…

A report on the history of school integration in Riverside, California, describes the city and traces the inception of a desegregation plan. Chapters discuss the developing consciousness of the need for improvement in minority group education, the confrontation in 1965 between school officials and minority group parents, and commitment of the…