An historical account of the St. Louis, Missouri, school desegregation program and the steps involved in its implementation. (EH)

The text of a statement dealing with racial discrimination in higher education, given by Mr. Mitchell, Director of the Washington Bureau of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), before the special subcommittee on education of the House Committee on Education and Labor, September 25, 1974, Washington, D.C. (EH)

A case study of the events precipitating a black student boycott in 1969 in Gainesville, Flordia, when school board manuevering to avoid school integration led to the threatened closing of Lincoln High School, a reputable black community school. Also described are the subsequent transformations of Lincoln into a vocational-technical school and…

An account of the State of Florida's attempts to resist the desegregation mandate of the 1954 "Brown" decision, as initial public school integration did not take place until 1959. (EH)

A discussion of the confusion and conflict surrounding the meaning of equal educational opportunity today: Does racial equality require desegregation? What is the practical meaning of desegregation--how much is enough? What are the effects of desegregation: Does equal opportunity mean racial mixing or does it mean more equitable school outcome?…

A report of recent news events, court rulings, legislation, research studies, and public opinion polls dealing with aspects of sexism, racism, and school desegregation on local and national levels. (EH)

An historical account of the ideological debate over the utility of separation for the black community and the political forces surrounding the introduction of school segregation in Ohio in the post Civil War period. (EH)

Includes results of a national survey showing sharply contrasting views on school segregation. National political developments and the progress of school desegregation with specific emphasis on 13 Noethern and Southern states are reported. (DM)

Continued nationwide desegregation efforts are called for, gains already made are defended. (MF)

Address presented to the Fifth Annual Phi Delta Kappa Research Seminar, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, Ill., March 20, 1969.

Asserts that poor minority children today are too often relegated to ill-funded school systems that make a mockery of desegregation. With the recent Supreme Court decision upholding affirmative action, calls for colleges to renew their efforts to improve high school students' preparation for college. (EV)