Equates the fight for busing, equal education, and school integration with the general struggle against racism. Briefly discusses the history of busing and school desegregation in the Ocean Hill-Brownsville, New York public schools. (Author/GC)

Discusses numerous issues related to school desegregation and the Brown decision, including: (1) misconceived psychological arguments used to bolster the case for "Brown"; (2) student and community attitudes toward busing; (3) effects of busing; (4) regional differences in compliance with school desegregation; and (5) recent court…

In 1954, when the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in "Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka," the South Lawndale neighborhood on Chicago's southwest side was home primarily to Polish and Czech immigrants. In the decades since, South Lawndale has undergone dramatic change. Eastern Europeans moved out, and people of Mexican…

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)

A critical examination of the role of the school in the community and the impact of community expectations of the school is presented. Three major issues are addressed. The first of these is the growing attempt to degrade the function of the person in schooling, both the teacher and the student, by a constant reference to efficiency, input-output…

This report presents the results of an evaluation of the Nonprofit Organization Program (NPO) of the Emergency School Aid Act of 1972. The program provides financial assistance to nonprofit community organizations to support the development or implementation of public school desegregation or otherwise reduce or eliminate minority group isolation.…

Discusses rigid school integration laws as violating the sense of a neighborhood. Parental and community interest must be a part of the planning and achieving of truly desegregated schools. (MF)

A survey of Southern biracial high schools found that community conflict early in the desegregation process is associated with lower racial tension and Black student alienation later on. Authors hypothesize that conflict creates stronger cohesion within the Black community and greater support for desegregation, leading to less tension in the…

Suggests that the most important aspect of successful school desegregation in Seattle was the quality of the political process. Identifies main participants and their organizations which comprise the public decision-making system. Discusses these in light of the political values which characterize Seattle's political culture. (Author/GC)

The desegregation of the Boston Public School System, initiated on June 21, 1974 by Federal District Court Judge W. Arthur Garrity's Order, ended a decade of politically-inspired resistance in what is for the most part a working-class city of ethnic neighborhoods: the reassignment of about half of the first to twelfth graders began on September…

This manual is designed to help community mental health workers to intervene effectively in community crises, particularly school desegregation. The rationale for involving mental health personnel in community crises is explained. The need for expertise among such workers is emphasized, and strategies for gaining this expertise are outlined. Also…

A CRISIS INVOLVING CONFLICT BETWEEN LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL POWERS ON THE DECISION OF DESEGREGATION RESULTED IN CLOSURE OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS, HARASSMENT OF CITIZENS, UNCHECKED VIOLENCE, UNJUST TREATMENT OF CITIZENS, AND GENERAL DISORDER OF THE COMMUNITY. RECOMMENDATIONS OF THIS BOARD TO AVOID SITUATIONS AS ENCOUNTERED IN NEW ORLEANS INCLUDE-- A…

THIS REPORT SUMMARIZES RESEARCH ON THE FACTORS INVOLVED IN THE DECISIONS OF LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS IN EIGHT CITIES TO DESEGREGATE SCHOOL SYSTEMS, AND DISCUSSES THE RESPONSES OF THE COMMUNITIES TO SUCH DECISIONS. IN EACH OF THE CITIES, WHERE DECISIONS WERE MADE IN FAVOR OF SCHOOL DESEGREGATION, THE SCHOOL BOARDS EITHER PRESENTED THE ISSUE TO THE…

Provides a history of desegregation in the Dallas schools, and then presents two views of the district's integration efforts--one from the Anglo perspective and one from the Black/Mexican-American perspective. (IRT)