The relation of racially segregated schooling to segregated housing has been, since Brown v. Topeka, a subject of increasing political and legal concern. Research on White flight, resegregation, and housing desegregation must continue, since after 30 years of desegregation, we still know little of whether it helps to integrate housing. (Author/LC)

Tests the hypothesis that school racial segregation affects the ability of Black students to set reasonable occupational goals. Questionnaire data collected from male high school seniors suggest that Whites develop the most rational occupational goals, and segregated Blacks the least. Desegregated education leads to increasingly rational…

Differences in disciplinary climate, academic demands, and student behavior make a difference in student achievement in all American high schools. (Author)

Dunbar High School in Little Rock (Arkansas) was a segregated public school that served Black students from 1930 to 1955. A survey of Dunbar graduates revealed that the school was a central factor in preparing them to become qualified, contributing adults. (Author/WD)

Reviews the findings of several studies on the status of race and sex desegregation in the United States. Outlines recent school desegregation litigation and developments in a number of states. (GC)

This article traces the growth of and considers some of the reasons behind the establishment of separate schools for Blacks in Boston during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. (EB)

This article describes the experiences of three northern Black missionary teachers who went South during Reconstruction. Their activities are compared with those of the White missionary teachers. (Author/EB)

Using data on the percentage of Blacks attending minority schools for both 1968 and 1972, this study analyzes socioeconomic, political, and governmental influences affecting school segregation in northern and southern States. Federal intervention is seen as the only effective force against segregated schools, at least for the foreseeable future.…

Does school integration in a city lead to massive "white flight"? Examines the findings of demographer Reynolds Farley, a professor at the University of Michigan, who states that cities which maintain segregated schools have lost white students at about the same rate as cities undergoing school integration. (Editor/RK)

Describes the historical efforts of economically, politically, and socially oppressed black communities across the segregated U.S. south to give their children a quality education, highlighting rural Prince Edward County, Virginia. In an attempt to circumvent Brown v. Board of Education (1954), white leaders closed every public school in the…

A recent report that up to 70% of the nation's African-American and Hispanic elementary and secondary school students are in classrooms with predominantly minority enrollments has been received by civil rights leaders with little surprise. The trend toward increasing segregation is most apparent in the Northeast and South. (MSE)

Explores de facto school segregation in Hartford (Connecticut) and reviews the Sheff v. O'Neill decision, in which the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that the combination of de facto racial segregation and class segregation deprived students of substantially equal educational opportunity. A controlled choice approach is proposed to address…

Reviews literature on segregated schools in the south during the era of de jure segregation. Results indicate that exemplary teachers, the curriculum and extracurricular activities, parental involvement, and the leadership of school principals were critical characteristics influencing the communities' perceptions of the schools. (Author/SLD)

Provides a review of the literature on African American history and education, discussing four historical phases of scholarship and covering topics such as scholarship on African American women, segregation in public education, and criticism of "Brown v. Board of Education." Includes an extensive bibliography. (CMK)

Describes a century of failed schooling for African American students, explaining how in the early 1900s, southern black schools were grossly inadequate and underfunded. Examines the writings of Thomas Jesse Jones and W.E.B. DuBois. Discusses attempts to change the educational system after World War II, efforts toward school desegregation, and…