Whereas increased scholarly attention is focusing on contemporary school closings, noticeably absent is the placement of this scholarship within the historical context of Black people's social experiences. This paradigm shift would reveal a much longer history that has had devastating consequences for Black people. In this article, we identify…

South African government has been promulgating pieces of legislation aimed at ensuring racial integration, especially in higher education, and indirectly enforcing acculturation in historically white universities. Studies have proven that institutional cultures in historically white universities alienate and exclude black students' identities.…

This article emanates from an in-depth qualitative study that examined ideological beliefs among Indigenous parents regarding school desegregation and school "choice" policies in South Africa. The author discusses the politics of qualitative research design and methodology along two primary dimensions: decolonizing research and the…

Existing research on language in South African schooling frequently draws attention to the problematic hegemony of English and the lack of access to quality education in the home language of the majority of learners, often drawing on the metaphor of a gap or a disjuncture between post-apartheid language in education policy (LiEP) and its…

In September 1957, nine brave Black students crossed a line of armed soldiers to integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in the first major test of school desegregation after "Brown v. Board of Education" toppled the notion of "separate but equal." Though this is still an operating high school, on most days…

THE CURRENT STATUS OF ANTI-SCHOOL DESEGREGATION LAWS AND SOME OTHER DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES IN THE SOUTHERN AND BORDER STATES ARE REVIEWED IN THIS ARTICLE. ALTHOUGH MANY OF THESE LAWS ARE STILL IN EXISTENCE, A RECENT EXAMINATION HAS SHOWN THAT THEY ARE NOT USED OR ENFORCED. THIS ARTICLE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE "SOUTHERN EDUCATION REPORT,"…

The Supreme Court decision banning school segregation is presented in this article. (MC)

Analyzes White Southern attitudes toward desegregation from the 1950s to the 1980s and traces how support for segregation of the races gradually decreased. Argues that supporters of segregation now comprise an inconsequential fringe group and suggests that Southern racial relations are today no better or worse than those in other regions. (KH)

Black and white students attending integrated, non-integrated, and magnet schools in Saint Louis, Missouri, were subjected to the California Achievement Tests in 1980-81, the first year of a system-wide mandatory desegregation plan in the district. Results are presented in this report in the form of statistical tables and textual analyses.…

This study discusses the linkage between socioeconomic variables and school segregation, showing that black concentration and school district size are predictors of school segregation. The impact of federal enforcement of school desegregation in the South between 1968 and 1970 is examined. (Author/RM)

A vignette about desegregation and school integration. (Author)

Five Supreme Court cases which involved the issue of the constitutionality of school segregation are discussed in this article. Questions posed by the Supreme Court and answers provided by the NAACP lawyers are given. (Author/MC)

The order on implementation of the May 1954 ruling on school desegregation, delivered by Chief Justice Earl Warren, is presented. The NAACP's statement on the order, made on the same day, is also given. (MC)

Examined the influence of educational desegregation on cognitive performance. Data from African American adults who had attended desegregated (DS) versus segregated (SS) schools indicated that DS adults had significantly higher mean cognitive scores than SS adults. After controlling for age, gender, years of education, and years in desegregated…

This review brings together 21 studies on the long-term effects of school desegregation on the life chances of African American students. These studies draw on perpetuation theory, a macro-micro theory of racial segregation. They support the idea that interracial contact in school can help blacks overcome perpetual segregation. (SLD)