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Beck, William W.; Sobol, Marion Gross – 1978
After a Federal court ordered school desegregation in Dallas, Texas, a study was conducted to determine factors influencing black parents' attitudes toward their children's school. Parents who said their children were in racially mixed schools were shown to be far more satisfied than those who said their children were in all black schools. Broad…
Descriptors: Black Students, Blacks, Educational Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education
Maryland State Commission on Interracial Problems, Baltimore. – 1954
COMPULSORY RACIAL SEGREGATION IN BALTIMORE PUBLIC SCHOOLS WAS ABOLISHED AT THE START OF THE FALL SEMESTER IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE SUPREME COURT DECISION OF MAY 1954. THE DESEGREGATION QUESTION WAS SETTLED ENTIRELY BY THE SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS OF BALTIMORE, AN UNPAID, NONPOLITICAL LAY GROUP APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR AND ENDOWED WITH A HIGH DEGREE OF…
Descriptors: Desegregation Effects, Faculty Integration, Open Enrollment, Racial Attitudes
LESSON, JIM; AND OTHERS – 1964
PROGRESS WHICH HAS BEEN MADE IN SCHOOL DESEGREGATION SINCE 1954 IS REPORTED. EACH OF 17 SOUTHERN AND BORDER STATES, PLUS THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, IS REPORTED SEPARATELY. THE STATUS OF SEGREGATION-DESEGREGATION IS DISCUSSED IN TERMS OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS, TEACHERS, INSTITUTES OF HIGHER EDUCATION, FACULTIES, AND SPECIAL SCHOOLS FOR THE BLIND, THE DEAF,…
Descriptors: Desegregation Litigation, Faculty Integration, Handicapped Children, Integration Studies
Download full textInformation Agency, Washington, DC. Research and Reference Service. – 1961
The 1961 Federal government report "summarizes the historical origins of segregation as well as the major developments in the progress of desegregation of public education." For more up-to-date information on this report, see UD 008112. (NH)
Descriptors: Blacks, Civil Rights, Colleges, Court Litigation
Commission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC. – 1966
A 1966 report of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights deals with the status of school desegregation standards under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The document reviews the judicial context of the rate and method of desegregation and describes the statement of policies issued by the U.S. Office of Education (OE). Also included are…
Descriptors: Civil Rights Legislation, Court Litigation, Desegregation Methods, Federal Aid
Saint Louis Public Schools, MO. – 1963
A background summary is offered by the St. Louis, Missouri, Board of Education in rebuttal to statements critical of the desegregation policies and practices of the Board and the school administration. The Board has adopted a desegregation program shortly after the 1954 Supreme Court decision. The program adhered to an neighborhood school policy…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Desegregation Methods, Desegregation Plans, Neighborhood Schools
Kirby, David J.; And Others – 1973
This is a study of school desegregation as it was fought in 91 Northern and Western Cities between 1963 and 1969. In the summer of 1963, the de facto school segregation issue exploded in dozens of Northern cities; in the next 6 years school integration was front page news in most cities. What this book attempts to do in effect is to record a…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, American History, Black Attitudes, De Facto Segregation
McAllister, James W. – 1970
This report deals with a workshop type in-service training program in interpersonal relations involving the various categories of school personnel with each other, with area, regional, and/or national consultants, and with the consultative team from the School Improvement Center at the University of Georgia. The program was conducted during a two…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Human Relations, Institutes (Training Programs), Intergroup Relations
Van Loon, Eric E., Ed. – 1971
In this journal are collected articles on school desegregation in 1971. J. Stanley Pottinger, Head of HEW's Title VI compliance section, offers the government's position in an essay entitled, "HEW Enforcement of Swann." On the other hand, Cynthia Brown, attorney at the Washington Research Project, takes a more skeptical view of Nixon's…
Descriptors: Classroom Desegregation, Court Litigation, Desegregation Litigation, Mexican American Education
Naidoo, Jordan P. – 1996
This report outlines the history of desegregation in South African schools and explores the continuing strains arising from the process. It focuses on integration in the context of the various school models used in the country. The text describes how segregated education became institutionalized after the National Party came to power in 1948 and…
Descriptors: Desegregation Methods, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedRuiz, Vicki L. – OAH Magazine of History, 2001
Addresses school segregation and Mexican Americans, delineating the institutional nature of segregation "for the cause of Americanization." Discusses "Alvarez v. Lemon Grove School District" and "Mendez v. Westminster," two important legal challenges by Mexican American parents on behalf of their children. Includes a bibliography. (CMK)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Mexican American Education
Peer reviewedHunter, Kathleen – OAH Magazine of History, 2001
Provides a lesson plan that highlights the Prudence Crandall Museum and Little Rock Central High School (AR) and the role each played in testing the prevailing assumptions regarding racial integration of schools. Includes teacher and student materials. (CMK)
Descriptors: Black History, Educational Strategies, Historic Sites, Primary Sources
Peer reviewedKulczak, Carrie – OAH Magazine of History, 2001
Provides a list from the ERIC database of teaching materials and background information on desegregation. Topics include American Indian boarding schools, Brown v. Board of Education, and segregation in relation to Asian and Hispanic students. Offers directions for obtaining the full text of these materials. (CMK)
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Asian Americans, Black Education
Direct linkGuthrie, James W.; Springer, Matthew G. – Peabody Journal of Education, 2004
This essay describes significant legal and policy system changes in America's 50-year crusade to curtail or eliminate racially segregated public school. In hindsight, a more forceful initial policy system stance regarding judicial enforcement might well have resulted in greater desegregation success. However, after 5 decades of judicial and…
Descriptors: Desegregation Litigation, Public Schools, Educational Policy, Compliance (Legal)
Walsh, Mark – Education Week, 2004
The Monroe School was one of the four segregated grade schools where the Topeka board of education assigned black schoolchildren. The building had been through many permutations since it closed in 1975. Its long-term future was a question mark, but the Brown Foundation will embark on a mission to preserve a local and national historic site. The…
Descriptors: Museums, Civil Rights, Historic Sites, Racial Segregation
