This article examines the effect of history and law in the segregation and integration of Latinas/os in schools. Initially, a Critical Race Theory (CRT) analysis of the question of the effects of Latina/o school desegregation history and law on their present-day educational conditions highlighted the reasons for the omni-present struggle for…

The Brown Decision, whose 50th Anniversary was observed in 2004, was a landmark case that ended the doctrine of separate but equal. During the observation of the anniversary, many pundits reflected on the political, social, and historical significance of Brown. This article takes a different approach in reflecting on the importance of Brown. A…

An outline of guidelines that have characterized successful desegregation programs is presented. (EH)

An historical account of the St. Louis, Missouri, school desegregation program and the steps involved in its implementation. (EH)

A case study of the events precipitating a black student boycott in 1969 in Gainesville, Flordia, when school board manuevering to avoid school integration led to the threatened closing of Lincoln High School, a reputable black community school. Also described are the subsequent transformations of Lincoln into a vocational-technical school and…

An account of the State of Florida's attempts to resist the desegregation mandate of the 1954 "Brown" decision, as initial public school integration did not take place until 1959. (EH)

A discussion of the confusion and conflict surrounding the meaning of equal educational opportunity today: Does racial equality require desegregation? What is the practical meaning of desegregation--how much is enough? What are the effects of desegregation: Does equal opportunity mean racial mixing or does it mean more equitable school outcome?…

A report of recent news events, court rulings, legislation, research studies, and public opinion polls dealing with aspects of sexism, racism, and school desegregation on local and national levels. (EH)

An historical account of the ideological debate over the utility of separation for the black community and the political forces surrounding the introduction of school segregation in Ohio in the post Civil War period. (EH)

Includes results of a national survey showing sharply contrasting views on school segregation. National political developments and the progress of school desegregation with specific emphasis on 13 Noethern and Southern states are reported. (DM)

Continued nationwide desegregation efforts are called for, gains already made are defended. (MF)

Asserts that poor minority children today are too often relegated to ill-funded school systems that make a mockery of desegregation. With the recent Supreme Court decision upholding affirmative action, calls for colleges to renew their efforts to improve high school students' preparation for college. (EV)

An excerpt from Morgan et al., v. Hennigan et al., in U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, in which the court found that the Boston public schools were segregated as a result of purposeful actions of school board members who acted with intent to segregate the schools. (EH)

A majority of parents whose children attended segregated schools in a court-ordered integrated school system felt that mixed schools offer better educational opportunities than do segregated schools. (Author)