The road to Brown v. Board of Education (1954) was a slow and circuitous climb, whereas the retreat down from Brown has been swift and direct. This article reviews 4 distinct U.S. Supreme Court eras of racial decisions: the segregation, preparatory, desegregation, and resegregation eras. It notes both the strengths and weaknesses of Brown and…

The "Brown v. Board of Education" decision remains one of the most important legal decisions in history. Although there were local schemes used to avoid desegregating public schools after the decision, black students experienced declining segregation from the 1950s to the late 1980s. During the 1990s, however, a series of Supreme Court decisions…

To discover possible correlates of decisions in desegregation cases, the social background of the judges, variables from their environments, community linkages, and school district variables are examined in Southern school-desegregation cases. Order from Manning J. Dauer, Managing Editor, Journal of Politics, Department of Political Science,…

This testimony, before the May 1974 public hearings of the New York City Commission on Human Rights by the Director for the Center for National Policy Review, Catholic University Law School, notes that one barrier to the liberation of black people from a legally-sanctioned caste system is the racially segregated structure of metropolitan areas…

This paper describes a school desegregation case, begun in 1978, in which housing segregation was a principal issue. The history of both residential and school segregation in Akron, Ohio, are outlined. It is held that public housing and credit policy greatly contributed to the maintenance of segregated neighborhoods in all United States…

This report is concerned with racial segregation or integration of both teachers and students in the public schools of Missouri during the period 1954 to 1964. The information was collected by questionnaires, and the data analyzed by the University of Missouri researchers. In the beginning of the report, a brief introductory history of the black…

School systems are perpetuating racial segregation within integrated schools through intelligence tests and special education classes. Disproportionate numbers of blacks, American Indians, Mexican Americans and Puerto Rican Americans have been placed in classes for the emotionally disturbed or mentally retarded. Suits have been brought against the…

This paper examines conditions which influence the emergence of patterns of informal segregation among students in a desegregated elementary school in the South. Of particular interest is the role of the school structure in cross-color relationships, especially in those circumstances under which the color barrier seems to dissolve. (Author/EB)

If past experience is taken as a guide, desegregation in the big cities will not come easily, yet interdistrict desegregation of public education is the key to allowing minority youth to participate in the mainstream of the economy in addition to relieving the tension between the races. (Author/AM)

Persons involved in developing a viable desegregation plan will have to take into account the diversity within the Latino community and will have to be aware of the diverse political goals and residential patterns of each Spanish speaking community. (Author/AM)

Examines how selected fiscal incentives for open enrollment might help to achieve greater racial and socioeconomic integration. (Author/RK)

In the early 1990s, nearly forty years after Brown v. the Board of Education, three Supreme Court decisions dramatically altered the legal environment for court-ordered desegregation. Lower courts have released numerous school districts from their desegregation plans as a result. Over the same period racial segregation increased in public…

An outline of judicial developments in the law of school desegregation designed to be of assistance to school boards and administrators in their policy deliberations. (SB)

Study reports findings excerpted from a broad study on social characteristics, attitudes, and behavior of inner-city students attending Forest Park Community College, St. Louis, Missouri in the Fall of 1970. It is held that the remarkable agreement on major issues of public policy shows the beneficial effects of integration. (SB)

Explains how local, state, and federal governments have exacerbated or failed to take steps to reduce residential segregation in the St. Louis (Missouri) metropolitan area since the 1981 Liddell v. Board of Education decision that decided that school board and governmental housing policies had contributed to segregation in the city's schools. (SLD)