Describes of small group of blacks in Boston who had escaped most of the disabilities of slavery and racism to acquire the values and skills necessary for leadership; encouraged by the apparent concern of Bay Staters for equality, black leaders strove to enhance their status and improve the prospects of their people. (Author/JM)

Contrasts and compares the education of two radically different black groups in order to show how basic political ideologies affect educational policies and practices. (Author/JM)

May 17, 2004 marked the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in the historic school desegregation case, "Oliver L. Brown et al. v. Board of Education of Topeka (KS) et al." After concluding a survey of elementary school teachers about the struggle for school desegregation in the 1950s and 60s, this author found that, in most…

Briefly sketches legal concepts that deprived Blacks of equal educational opportunity before the 1954 "Brown" decision. Holds that twenty-five years after "Brown's" implementation, the "separate but equal" mentality still operates in the United States. (GC)

Discusses the history of the black baseball experience. Describes formation of the black leagues, the players, and the discrimination they faced in baseball in the United States. Explains how the early black players introduced new aspects to the major leagues that transformed and improved the quality of play. (DK)

Analyzes four significant court cases that span the rise of a body of jurisprudence in the United States known as civil rights law. Describes each of these cases in detail showing the profound impact they have had on the rights of all citizens and, in particular, African Americans. (CMK)

Presents part of the Aspen High School curriculum about the United States civil rights movement. Focuses on why Blacks were segregated and disenfranchised prior to the movement, why the movement took place, what were the results of the movement, and what is the present condition of Blacks in American society. (JDH)

Provides background information on the arrest of Rosa Parks and the effects this event had on the Civil Rights Movement. Offers a collection of teaching activities in which the students examine the arrest records of Rosa Parks and explains that these activities are designed to accompany a unit on racial segregation. (CMK)

May 17, 1954, the day that the "Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas" decision was handed down, was a watershed event not only in educational history but in U.S. history as well. It also helped to seal the Black-White paradigm into the popular consciousness, a paradigm that even today remains fixed in the minds of Americans. In most…

Advocates the development of metropolitan citizenship: white flight can be slowed, and eventually reversed, only by incorporating the suburbs and central city into a single political community capable of removing the incentives to massive segregation. (Author/JM)

Argues that "the social pattern of suburbia, especially its racial exclusion, cannot and will not be altered unless and until we recognize the process and identify the many factors which make up the push and pull in migration. The contemporary suburb is different from its earlier namesake in both function and form." (Author/JM)

This performance guide is designed for teachers to use with students before and after a performance of "The Color of Justice," by Cheryl L. Davis, the true story of the fight for freedom of an elementary school girl and an outspoken lawyer in the 1950s, and how they teamed up to change forever the way black and white Americans lived and…

Contributes to scholarship on journalism and racial politics and relations by examining how a particular incident in 1938 (a racist remark made in a radio interview by a New York Yankee outfielder) was covered by mainstream dailies, black weeklies, and a Communist daily. Describes how this incident provided the catalyst to challenge segregation in…

The United States Supreme Court has had a significant role in the exploration and definition of affirmative action in this country. No more so than in the recent decisions related to the University of Michigan admissions cases. This article will explore the historical role of the U.S. Supreme Court and the decisions that this entity has made in…

Richard Kluger's monumental "Simple Justice" reaffirms the long-held liberal contention that any analysis of the complex social relations in the United States must acknowledge the centrality of racism. Racism historically contributed to shaping of the political culture, social interactions, and legal status of groups throughout the United States.…