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ROUGEAU, WELDON; WATTERS, PAT – 1968
THIS REPORT ON THE RACIAL CONFLICT IN ORANGEBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA, ATTEMPTS TO PRESENT A "CAREFUL AND IMPARTIAL" ANALYSIS OF THE SITUATION, BASED ON INTERVIEWS WITH STUDENTS AND FACULTY, NEWSMEN, TOWNSPEOPLE, AND OFFICIALS. THE VIOLENCE IN THIS SMALL NEGRO COLLEGE TOWN BROKE OUT OVERTLY OVER THE ISSUE OF A SEGREGATED BOWLING ALLEY BUT IN…
Descriptors: Black Power, Black Students, College Students, Conflict
King, Martin Luther, Jr. – 1966
This paper calls for the involvement of social scientists in developing programs and directions for social change. Their research could illuminate the social reform aspects of the civil rights movement and the consequences of the movement on minority-group activists, nonparticipants, and the majority group. Studies could also be made of the effect…
Descriptors: Action Research, Attitude Change, Behavioral Science Research, Black Community
Minneapolis Public Schools, Minn. Dept. of Intergroup Education. – 1972
This curriculum unit contains guidelines for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, January 15th. Items included in the guide are: a list of suggested activities, a short biography of Dr. King, excerpts from some of his speeches including the famous, "I Have A Dream" speech, a play, study questions, "A King's Journey", a game, and a story…
Descriptors: Activities, Black Achievement, Black Attitudes, Black Community
Carnegie Inst. of Tech., Pittsburgh, PA. – 1965
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS WERE PROVIDED FOR A ONE-SEMESTER GRADE 10 COURSE IN NONWESTERN SOCIAL STUDIES. THE READING MATERIALS FOR STUDENTS AND THE TEACHER'S MANUAL WERE DEVELOPED AS PART OF AN INTEGRATED AND SEQUENTIAL 4-YEAR CURRICULUM FOR ABLE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, AND WERE FIELD TESTED TWICE AND COMPLETLY REWRITTEN BEFORE BEING PUBLISHED. THE…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Area Studies, Communism, Curriculum Development
Real Estate Research Corp., Chicago, IL. – 1976
Public elementary and secondary schools in Illinois that have remained stably racially mixed over time are identified in this study. The neighborhood characteristics, pupil assignment policies, instructional programs, and other circumstances that have contributed to that stability are also determined. Several alternative definitions of…
Descriptors: Assignments, Case Studies, Community Characteristics, Definitions
Lauder, Hugh; Hughes, David – 1999
Throughout the English-speaking world, and now Western Europe and parts of East Asia, parental choice and educational markets are being seen by politicians and policy advisors as the panacea to problems of low educational standards and social exclusion. This book tests the key assumptions underlying the faith in markets by linking an analysis of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Strum, Phillipa, Ed. – 2002
These papers are based on a 2002 seminar that examined the book "Brown v. Board of Education: A Civil Rights Milestone and Its Troubled Legacy" (James T. Patterson). "The Troubled Legacy of Brown v. Board" (James T. Patterson) highlights the impact of the case on the civil rights movement and school integration or desegregation…
Descriptors: Black Students, Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Educational Change

Watras, Joseph – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 1997
Reviews "Dismantling Desegregation: The Quiet Reversal of Brown v. Board of Education" (Gary Orfield, Susan E. Eaton), a book that describes the return of segregated schooling in U.S. cities and its relationship to segregated neighborhoods. Suggests that the book focuses on public policies while overlooking the importance of moral considerations…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Case Studies, Court Litigation, Cultural Pluralism

Denton, Nancy A.; Massey, Douglas S. – Social Science Quarterly, 1988
Examines the effect of socioeconomic status on segregation of Blacks, Hispanics, and Asians in 60 metropolitan areas in the United States. Compares indices of education, income, and occupation. Finds that integration is more difficult for Blacks than for Asians and Hispanics despite extensive civil rights legislation in recent decades. (KO)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Asian Americans, Black Achievement, Blacks

Brook, Diane L.; And Others – Social Education, 1995
Contends that many teachers find it difficult to teach about South Africa because of a lack of appropriate instructional materials. Recommends three novels and includes suggested learning activities for each. Also recommends and includes the use of photographs and quotes from South African leaders as instructional resources. (CFR)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Civil Liberties, Content Area Reading, Cultural Context

Hunter, Carol – OAH Magazine of History, 1994
Asserts that the Civil Rights is the clearest and most accessible example of nonviolent resistance to injustice in U.S. history. Discusses two common misperceptions among students about the Civil Rights movement. Presents a three-day classroom activity, including a bibliography and primary source readings. (CFR)
Descriptors: Black Leadership, Black Organizations, Blacks, Civil Disobedience

Polednak, Anthony P. – American Journal of Public Health, 1991
Black-white differences in infant mortality rate are examined for 38 large metropolitan statistical areas for 1982 through 1986. The most important difference predictor was a "segregation index" (residential dissimilarity) apparently independent of variation in median family income and poverty prevalence but possibly reflecting…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Blacks, Child Health, Family Income

Foster, Michele – Educational Theory, 1993
A discussion of the educational neglect of poor, urban, minority children focuses on Jonathan Kozol's book, Savage Inequalities. The article examines the effects of racial segregation in the past, present, and future and emphasizes the role inadequate funding plays in educational inequality. (SM)
Descriptors: Blacks, Consciousness Raising, Democratic Values, Educational Change

Salins, Peter D. – Public Interest, 1993
Considers the nature of the urban crisis and proposed solutions. Policy ideas are presented that center on a level metropolitan playing field, one in which neither governments nor residents of cities and suburbs would be hostage to their municipal profiles and would have no incentives to seek comparative advantage. (SLD)
Descriptors: Agency Role, Decentralization, Economic Factors, Federal Aid

Perlstein, Daniel – Educational Foundations, 1993
Examines political activist Bayard Rustin's arguments for a teacher-community alliance surrounding the issues of community control and racial separatism during the 1968 New York school crisis. The paper explores Rustin's efforts within the context of the political, racial, and economic realties of the time that prevented coalition building. (GLR)
Descriptors: Activism, Black Community, Black Power, Community Control