The Missouri Constitution of 1875 specified that school districts were to maintain dual school systems. This provision was renewed in the 1945 constitution and was not repealed until 1976. In December 1950 black parents brought suit challenging the constitutionality of the dual school system. On February of 1975 the school board adopted…

Desegregation efforts in Little Rock span 19 years. Extensive and involved efforts have been carried out by the courts, the school board, national interest groups, and the citizens of Little Rock to achieve the goal of a unitary public school system. Instead of a comprehensive approach to desegregation, a variety of conflicting plans were…

Up until 1954 all Tulsa schools were totally segregated by race. In the fall of 1955, school attendance zones in Tulsa were redrawn, utilizing the neighborhood school concept, but without regard to race, color, religion, or national origin. The new zones placed some black children in previously all white schools, and some white children in…

The Raleigh County public school system, through several phases implemented over a period of more than 12 years, has effectively desegregated its student bodies in all schools. The leadership on the part of each of the superintendents involved was the key to making the changes peaceful. Other school personnel and the board of education provided…

The impetus for public school desegregation in Portland came through the efforts of the local National Association for the Advancement of Colored People during the 1960's. The Portland Board of Education moved in 1963 to extablish a blue ribbon, independent committee on education and race. This citizen's committee recommended a series of…

This report is part of the evaluation of a program--Metropolitan Council on Educational Opportunity (METCO)-- for the academic year 1968-69, which provides screening, placement, and busing services for Negro children from predominantly Negro schools in Boston to predominantly white schools in the surrounding suburbs. In this evaluation, METCO and…

Results indicate that desegregation plans that have been considered most frequently and are most effective tend to involve little cost. Those which are generally considered innovative are least implemented and rated least effective. (Author/AM)

Discusses the role of mayors in school desegregation. Four cities are compared: San Francisco, Stockton, Merced, and Fresno. (Author/AM)

Suburban parents vie for slots at Washington Gifted and Talented Magnet Elementary School on the edge of downtown Raleigh, North Carolina. It doesn't seem to matter that it sits on a hill overlooking the largest public housing project in Raleigh, or it draws 30% of its students from the surrounding low-income area. This school and others in Wake…

The problem of complying with federal integration guidelines can be stated as a transportation problem with suitable alterations. This case study demonstrates application of the transportation procedure to school districting under integration guidelines. Data for the analysis were drawn from high school enrollment figures and census data for…

Research on a random sample of white parents of school age children, interviewed in 1973, throughout 8 desegregated school districts in Florida, revealed that while school desegregation has produced a considerable amount of verbal protest, it has resulted in far less outright rejection. The impact of social class, racial attitudes, and busing on…

Twenty documents discussing the beneficial effects of school desegregation, particularly on black children, and thirteen studies finding desegregation harmful are cited and their major findings and research methods described briefly in this document. Essentially an annotated bibliography, the report concludes by summarizing briefly the results of…

AN EXPANDED VERSION OF TESTIMONY GIVEN ON MARCH 21, 1964, BEFORE THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE ADVISORY COMMISSION TO THE U.S. COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS IS GIVEN. THE EFFECTS OF SCHOOL SEGREGATION AND DESEGREGATION UPON BOTH NEGRO AND WHITE CHILDREN ARE DISCUSSED. THE AIMS OF EDUCATION INCLUDE THE ACQUISITION OF ACADEMIC SKILLS, THE DEVELOPMENT OF A…

THE RELATIVE INFLUENCE OF DESEGREGATION AT THE SCHOOL AND THE CLASSROOM LEVEL WAS EXAMINED BY MEANS OF U. S. OFFICE OF EDUCATION DATA FROM THE 1965 EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES SURVEY. USING THE 5,075 NINTH GRADE NEGRO STUDENTS FROM A SAMPLE OF SCHOOLS SELECTED IN THE METROPOLITAN AREAS OF NEW ENGLAND AND MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES, WHO HAD ATTENDED…