No one thought of black or white. We were just a teacher and a group of fifth grade boys and girls having fun to music in a classroom in a changing south. (Author)

The American Library Association's (ALA) Black Caucus expects that the ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee will proceed to carry out the mandate--to censure and bring sanctions against those librarians and libraries that provide service to segregated schools established to circumvent the U. S. Supreme Court Decision. (Author/MF)

Alain Locke's thinking on race and race relations is not always clearly understood. His interest in race stemmed primarily from his attempt to combat notions of national, racial, and cultural superiority. As excerpts from his works show, Locke's position is more appropriately described as culturally pluralistic, rather than integrationist.…

Discusses the results of an attempt in the Netherlands to establish an integrated community to house immigrants from a Dutch colony in Africa. (MK)

This article describes how Alan Newton has put his life back together after he was set free. Before he came to Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, Newton spent 22 years locked up in 12 different New York state prisons for a crime he did not commit. His ordeal began when a White woman who had been raped in the Bronx mistakenly identified the…

A review of events, public statements, reports and studies, during the time period September-October, 1974, that reflect various issues dealing with racial and sexual discrimination and school integration in the United States in general as well as a listing by individual state. (EH)

This paper, by the president of West Virginia University (WVU), discusses the impact of the Brown decision on that institution and on higher education in general. Following the Gaines decision of 1938, WVU adopted a policy of admitting Black students to its graduate and professional schools because advanced educational programs were not available…

An account of the struggles to integrate the Detroit public school system, resulting in the Bradley v. Milliken case which is directed at northern school segregation and could be even more far reaching than the Brown decision. (EH)

A description and positive assessment of the history, growth, and development of The Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (METCO), a Boston slum to suburb busing program, which is providing a successful option for black urban parents in obtaining a better education for their children. (EH)

This paper discusses the experiences of the author as an expert witness directly involved in litigation on desegregation. Using four court cases, it points out differences between social science and the law that restrict the use of social science testimony in public school desegregation cases. Four interrelated elements that contribute to this…

Recent trends related to the racial desegregation of public housing in Kentucky are described in this report. The following findings are highlighted: (1) in 1979, no Kentucky cities operated totally segregated public housing; (2) the Murray Housing Authority operated the State's most segregated public housing as of July 1979, with Hazard,…

SOME 40 GUIDANCE COUNSELORS AND TEACHER-COUNSELORS, INTERESTED IN IMPROVING THEIR SKILL AND COMPETENCE IN DEALING WITH DESEGREGATION PROBLEMS, MET FOR A FIVE-WEEK INSTITUTE AT CLARK COLLEGE IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA. THE PROGRAM INCLUDED THESE CLASSROOM AND PRACTICE EXPERIENCES--(1) THREE CLASSROOM COURSES INCLUDING "PSYCHOLOGY AND PROBLEMS OF SCHOOL…

This report outlines the procedures used for experimentally testing the effectiveness of a sensitivity group model in reducing racial prejudice among both black and white college students. The proposal is designed to explore the assumption that increasingly effective racial relations follow from increased understanding, acceptance, and tolerance…