Provides historical background on civil rights in the United States and reviews University Publications of America's microfilm collections of documents relating to civil rights drawn from the libraries of Presidents Truman, Kennedy, and Johnson. Cost, format, and other details about each publication are provided. (8 references) (MES)

The author provides a scholarly analysis of Black education in the U.S. between 1880 and 1915. The article examines Booker T. Washington's establishment of the Tuskegee Institute, Washington's philosophy of racial accommodation, contradictions in the Tuskegee approach, and the weakness of Washington's economic strategy. (CT)

Compares South Africa's apartheid with racial segregation in the southern United States during the 1940s, 50s, and 60s. Reviews current discrimination against Blacks in South Africa and examines the question of disinvestment. Concludes that the White South African government will fall. (JDH)

This article depicts an example from 1946 that led to changed attitudes toward racial integration by union members attending a leadership training workshop at Highlander Folk School (Tennessee), an adult education center for social change. Student experiences and the lessons drawn from these experiences are examined. (Author/CT)

This curriculum unit is designed for secondary students in twentieth-century history and peace studies. The unit contains three activities from which students gain a better understanding of the dimensions of apartheid in South Africa. The activities are entitled: (1) "Racial Separation," an activity that gives students the opportunity to…

Describes of small group of blacks in Boston who had escaped most of the disabilities of slavery and racism to acquire the values and skills necessary for leadership; encouraged by the apparent concern of Bay Staters for equality, black leaders strove to enhance their status and improve the prospects of their people. (Author/JM)

Financial support for The Campus Echo, a student publication at North Carolina Central University, was withheld following the circulation of the first issue advocating a strong segregationalist policy. The court held that justification had not been shown for the suspension of funds. (Author/PG)

Describes how, in California, the Santa Clara County school system recognizes a responsibility to promote integration, by operating a Planning Resources Office that works to end bias in hosing, which so often has thwarted educators because it permits them to touch only on the edges of the problem. (Author/JM)

Contrasts and compares the education of two radically different black groups in order to show how basic political ideologies affect educational policies and practices. (Author/JM)

The Supreme Court is facing the question of whether unequal, segregated education -- outlawed in the South -- is beyond the reach of the constitution if it occurs in the North. (Author)

Attempts to answer the question: Why under the Freedom of Choice plans of school integration did so few black parents decide in favor of integration and then continue to enroll their children in segregated, black public schools? (RJ)

Article constitutes a chapter of a forthcoming book, "The NEA and the Black Teacher: the Integration of a Professional Association, to be published by the University of Miami. (RJ)