An American Dilemma Still.

Lagemann, Ellen Condliffe

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ERIC Number: EJ510917

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Publication Date: 1995

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An American Dilemma Still.

Lagemann, Ellen Condliffe

Teachers College Record, v96 n4 p601-07 Sum 1995

Introduces 21 papers on racial inequality, examining 2 documents that significantly influenced American aspirations early in the century--"An American Dilemma" (Gunnar Myrdal) and "Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas." The article discusses the impact of racial inequality on public education and the role of public schools in achieving racial justice. (SM)

Descriptors: Black Students, Civil Rights Legislation, Educational Discrimination, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Minority Group Children, Nondiscriminatory Education, Politics of Education, Public Education, Racial Discrimination, Racial Segregation

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Brown v Board of Education

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