A HANDBOOK HAS BEEN PREPARED FOR REPORTERS WHO ARE COVERING THE DESEGREGATION OF ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN ORDER TO INFORM THE PRESS OF THE EFFORTS MADE BY CITIZENS IN THE FIGHT TO KEEP PUBLIC SCHOOLS OPEN. A MAJOR PORTION OF THE GUIDE IS DEVOTED TO A DETAILED, CHRONOLOGICAL ACCOUNT OF THE BACKGROUND PERIOD (1954-61) LEADING TO SCHOOL…

LITERATURE ON SEGREGATION AND INTEGRATION OF NEGROES AND WHITES IN THE UNITED STATES IS PRESENTED. THE LITERATURE SURVEYED IS CONFINED TO ARTICLES WHICH APPEARED IN PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS IN THE PERIOD JANUARY 1, 1951, TO JULY 1, 1956. SEGREGATION AND INTEGRATION IN VARIOUS INSTITUTIONAL AREAS INCLUDE INTERRACIAL ACTIVITIES IN SOUTHERN CHURCHES, IN…

Segregated housing and school attendance boundaries contributed to significant racial segregation in Waterloo, Iowa's public schools. In 1967, 81% of white students attended schools that were at least 90% white, and 30% of the black students attended schools at least 90% minority. Although 11 of the 33 Waterloo schools had black students, 66% of…

Peer relations in 36 interracial sixth-grade classrooms are examined. Methods of analysis include examination of variance, multiple regression, and case studies. Both dependent and independent variables are used, as are variables particular to the interracial situation, such as racial ratios, desegregation history, and busing. The authors conclude…

It is noted that Dallas' success with the busing of some children for the purpose of integration is because only some students from some districts are bused for only a few years. (Author/AM)

Among the myths that are discussed are the effects of desegregation/integration on violence, finances, achievement, self confidence, quality education, neighborhood schools, and white flight. (Author/AM)

The primary objective of this study was to determine if a voluntary school desegregation approach is well received by the public and, if so, to see if this reception is accompanied by a significant amount of voluntary action. (Author/AM)

Coleman's message has been misunderstood, it is argued, because the scholar has been engaging in a perilous exercise that is not uncommon among social scientists. He has been mixing rhetoric and research in many recent pronouncements, and few people know which is which. The scientist and advocate hats must be clearly labeled. (Author/JM)

Soon after desegregation, teachers and administrators of an urban school may be unable to escape or effectively protest deteriorating conditions. Their response includes shifting blame in several ways, depending on one's position and power. Blame strategies do little to solve problems and may exacerbate them. (LHW)

Scholars who agree on a list of conclusions from past integration studies disagree on three central issues: (1) the size of the positive educational impact of desegregation; (2) the psychological effects of desegregation; and, (3) what the proper governmental response to the existing evidence about busing should be. (JM)

Despite years of litigation the desegregation of United States public schools remains unfinished. Even after court-ordered desegregation, a school district may remain segregated through various practices such as ability grouping and selective discipline of minority children. These second generation discrimination or resegregation practices have an…

Desegregation and integration are affected by many of the same forces that affect other major social changes, such as dramatic news events, authority in the form of law and policy, educational programs, and experience of the new situation. How these forces affect desegregation and integration has to do with peoples' attitudes and the effect of…

This report by the United States Commission on Civil Rights focuses on the desegregation of metropolitan schools. It begins by summarizing the research on the causes of racial isolation in metropolitan areas, and connects this research to issues raised in Milliken V. Bradley. In this case, the Supreme Court noted that legal decisions affecting…

This testimony, by the staff director of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights before the New York City Commission on Human Rights public hearings in May 1974, reviews the U.S. Commission's study of school desegregation over a three-year period, along with earlier research, and asserts that school desegregation is the surest guarantee of equal…

This testimony, by a research associate at Brookings Institute before a public hearing of the New York City Commission on Human Rights in May 1974, reviews the controversy that has been raging for the last couple of years about whether or not school desegregation does any good for the education of children-including the 1972 article by David Armor…