Article emphasizes greater utilization of the creative leadership of black teachers in multi-racial schools. (Editor/GB)

Court cases dealing with school desegregation have become increasingly complex over the years. The major portion of this paper highlights six of those cases, which provide a picture of the shifting positions of the federal judiciary on the subject. The purpose of the discussion is to allow school administrators to incorporate the current law into…

Black culture has always been considered inferior, as the patterns of integration testify: the Black child has been sent to the white school but never vice-versa. The net result of America's history of discrimination has been a negative self-image for the Black person, an image which the "Black is Beautiful" movements are trying to counteract.…

There have been major changes in the Justice Department's law enforcement program in the 10 years since passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. First, no longer is civil rights enforcement limited to the South. Today, the department's program is national in scope and focus. Some of the greatest gains in the desegregation of schools and in the…

This book contains a collection of articles on children's books and is written for teachers. The problems, the trends, and the future of children's books are discussed in terms of sexism, realism, ethnicity, violence, racial integration, death, and moral values. (SET)

The human relation model discussed in this booklet serves the dual purpose of facilitating the development of equal human relations and the myriad aspects associated with desegregation. This is not considered a scientific report, but a guide to group discussion. Although the model presented is based on the most advanced findings from interaction…

This paper uses an anthropological framework to examine the social interactions of black faculty in predominantly white colleges and universities with their white and black colleagues. Joking, formal, and avoidance relations are examined among a regional sample of professors, with particular emphasis on Black Studies faculty. (Author)

Reviews the literature regarding desegregation planning and implementation programs. Also discusses the literature regarding the supposed differences educationally between low and middle income children and the quality of education these groups receive. (DEP)

The author's case, made for affirmative action, is correctly aimed, but it lacks the full, disciplined forethought that is both necessary and expected. (Author)

Racially mixed programs designed to encourage good relationships between black and white students as well as expand their cultural lives are described. (JD)

Differences were examined among 285 black secondary students who were: not changing schools; changing to schools with a black majority; changing to a racially balanced school. Results indicated a racially balanced school had no effect on social insight. Introverts were higher on the withdrawal scale and lower on the cooperation scale. (JC)

Describes an investigation of the attitudes and problems of upper-grade elementary children when Black and White students began attending the same school. The problems discussed in the paper focus on teacher student relationships, school work, and personal and interpersonal relationships. (Author)

Notes that although the concept of integration, decentralization and community control have particular contemporary meanings acquired through recent court decisions and urban controversies, these same concepts were meaningful and important to blacks in Brooklyn almost 100 years ago. (Author/AM)