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,…

Efforts to desegregate the public schools in Berkeley, California began in 1957 when a committee was appointed to study the problems of desegregation. In 1963, the board voted to desegregate the junior high schools and to study methods for desegregating the elementary schools. The 1968 elementary desegregation plan was complex. To desegregate the…

The Racine Unified School District, in Racine, Wisconsin in 1973 voluntarily adopted a resolution mandating that, in effect, no school in the district could have a minority enrollment greater than 30.7%. Kindergarten classes were not included in the desegregation plan. When the desegregation plan was adopted, some segments of the minority…

This is a report on school desegregation in Tempe, Arizona. The desegregation plan focused on the Guadalupe community, specifically, the Veda B. Frank Elementary School. In 1972-73 this school had a minority student enrollment of 92%, of which 90% were Mexican Americans. The reassignment of students required by the plan affected Mexican American…

This study reports on an ethnographic investigation of a desegregated high school in Memphis, Tennessee. Processes of interracial education that occur in a desegregated school are examined in a discussion of some principles of educational stratification. The interaction of stratification and schooling in the United States is explained. The…

The 81 women who entered the U.S. Naval Academy in the summer of 1976 were breaking precedent and attempting to function in a male ethos with virtually no female role models. A central purpose of this study was to determine how various degrees of contact between male and female midshipmen would affect male attitudes. Plebes were administered two…

In this experiment, the effects of attainment or nonattainment of self-set goals are assessed in individuals of three ethnic groups (white, black and Mexican-American), both pre- and post-desegregation. The method used to test level of expectation, actual performance, and reactions to success or failure is a simple ring toss game. Subjects varied…

THREE EXAMPLES OF RACIALLY INTEGRATED, RESIDENTIAL ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMS CONDUCTED FOR THE TRAINING OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS IN THE SOUTH WERE EXAMINED. THE PROGRAMS STUDIED WERE (1) A 1955 WORKSHOP ON SCHOOL DESEGREGATION, ONE OF A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS DEVELOPED BY THE HIGHLANDER FOLK SCHOOL, AN ADULT EDUCATION CENTER IN RURAL…

This report highlights the major findings and recommendations of four Title IV-funded agencies which provide racial desegregation services; the General Assistance Centers, the State Educational Agencies, the Training Agencies, the Training Institutes, and the Local Education Agencies. The study is based on a statistical analysis of responses to…

Concludes that after 7 years and countless hours in court, Detroit public school children continue to await complete desegregation and an improved education program. (Author/AM)

Notes that Denverites are proud that they have accomplished school desegregation with little or no violence. School enrollment statistics, however, indicate that one effect of desegregation has been a movement to the suburbs or to private schools. (Author/AM)

The "Brown v. Board of Education" of 50 years ago was perhaps the most significant school reform implemented in American education. The goal of this landmark decision was to end public school segregation and introduce racially integrated schools. Now in the 21st century and clearly in the shadows of this decision, we argue that the hope…

In this paper two tests of the hypothesis that school desegregation leads to white flight are offered. In the first, test data are presented which allow an examination of the number of whites moving from central cities to metropolitan areas for the periods of 1955-1960 and 1965-1970. In the second test, rates of white migration from central city…

IN VIEW OF ITS HEAVY NEGRO POPULATION AND ITS DEEP SOUTH LOCATION, THE PROGRESS OF MEMPHIS TOWARD THE ELIMINATION OF RACE DISCRIMINATION IS REMARKABLE. CONSPICUOUS, THOUGH STILL TOKEN, STRIDES TOWARD DESEGREGATION AND EQUALITY IN SCHOOLS AND EMPLOYMENT HAVE BEEN MADE. GREATER PROGRESS HAS BEEN SEEN IN THE DESEGREGATION OF PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS. A…