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Kucsera, John – Civil Rights Project - Proyecto Derechos Civiles, 2014
The fight for equal educational opportunity in New York has followed a pattern similar to other diverse or racially transforming states. From the 1950s to 1980s, the issue of school desegregation was an important issue. Local civil rights pressure, the courts, and legislation attempted to desegregate large urban school systems through both…
Descriptors: School Segregation, Desegregation Plans, Educational History, Student Diversity
Niemeyer, Arielle – Civil Rights Project - Proyecto Derechos Civiles, 2014
Delaware's history with school desegregation is complicated and contradictory. The state both advanced and impeded the goals of "Brown v. Board of Education." After implementing desegregation plans that were ineffective by design, Delaware was ultimately placed under the first metropolitan, multi-district desegregation court order in the…
Descriptors: School Desegregation, School Resegregation, State Legislation, Desegregation Litigation
Ayscue, Jennifer B. – Civil Rights Project / Proyecto Derechos Civiles, 2013
Maryland, as one of 17 states that had de jure segregation, has an intense history of school segregation. Following the 1954 Brown decision, school districts across the state employed various methods to desegregate their schools, including mandatory busing in Prince George's County, magnet schools in Montgomery County, and a freedom of choice plan…
Descriptors: School Desegregation, School Segregation, Racial Segregation, Magnet Schools