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 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…

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)

Argues that "quality education" is used these days as a polite way to discuss matters relating to school desegregation and other interracial matters; the concept is discussed as it relates to how much is learned, and the manner in which children are socialized to become citizens of the society. (Author/JM)

Subjects for this study were Southern Negro high school seniors selected in the spring of 1969 from both segregated and desegregated high schools located in school systems that permitted students to choose which one of two high schools to attend. (JM)

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)

Describes a study which compared academic achievement of White and Black students who participated in a busing experiment in Peoria (Illinois) public schools. Findings indicated that busing increased not only racial integration but also achievement for both Black and White students. (Author/DB)

Black, Chicano, and Anglo students from segregated and integrated schools perceived their ethnic groups as being less differentiated than outgroups. Students in integrated schools perceived outgroups as somewhat less differentiated than students in segregated schools. Intergroup contact, except between highly dissimilar groups, was not an…

Provides reproductions of primary documents pertaining to Mary Tape, a Chinese immigrant in San Francisco who fought to have her children admitted to public school, including a letter from Mary Tape to the Board of Education and an article about Mary Tape that appeared in the "Morning Call" (23 November 1892). (CMK)

Fifty years after the "Brown v. Board of Education" decision outlawed de jure segregation in American schools, many school districts remain segregated. Despite numerous efforts aimed at desegregation, residential segregation--the primary barrier to significant school desegregation--remains entrenched throughout the United States. The Miami-Dade…

The Supreme Court's opinion in the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education case legally ended decades of racial segregation in America's public schools. Originally named after Oliver Brown, the first of many plaintiffs listed in the lower court case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, KS, the landmark decision actually resolved five separate…

In preparing its second brief in the Brown v. Board of Education case, the NAACP relied heavily on the knowledge and research skills of many scholars who had pursued graduate studies with awards from the Julius Rosenwald Fund, which was devoted to the advancement of African Americans and improvement in race relations. The fellowship program also…

Recent research on "Brown v. Board of Education" has emphasized continuing disparities in the education of White and African American students. This research has used the failure of desegregation to account for persisting gaps in White and Black school funding, teacher qualifications, and student achievement. But the current focus on the…