In this review of past and present state activities in racial desegregation, it can be seen that--while once states actually legalized or tolerated school segregation--increasingly state agencies can be expected to participate in the efforts to achieve quality, integrated education in the schools. (MJB)

In 1895 a group of local black parents decided to act against Jamaica, Long Island's school segregation policies. That struggle is outlined in this article. Persons and events important in the history of black elementary and secondary education in the area are discussed. (Author/GC)

Exploring "interpersonal mediation" interpretations of self-image maintenance in low-status circumstances, this analysis indicates black boys hold higher levels of self-regard in terms of esteem and sex-role identification than their white counterparts but have lower senses of personal efficacy in the early (but not later) school years. (Author/JC)

An outline of the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights desegregation actions from 1969 to 1986 is presented. (MLW)

Presents a measure of racial residential segregation which conforms to the traditional attributes of segregation indices, but includes sensitivity to the spatial patterns of White and non-White residence in a city. Reviews earlier measures, describes the new one, and applies it to racial housing patterns in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1890. (KH)

Presents point-counterpoint opinions on bilingual education, regarding (1) effects on children of different language groups, (2) best methods for teaching English as a second language, (3) school's role in maintaining native language skills and culture, (4) segregation of students, (5) selection of students for programs, and (6) issues raised by…

Describes the philosophical and political underpinnings of the Freedmen's Bureau, a Federal agency created after the Civil War to assist and protect freed Southern slaves. Argues that, despite some positive results, it exemplified the nation's ambivalence toward a free black community and only contributed to the further entrenchment of racial…

By disaggregating annual data for 1958-81 by race as well as gender, the author shows that although white women's occupational distribution has remained stable relative to white men's, nonwhite women's distribution has changed dramatically, particularly relative to white women's. (Author/CT)

Traces the history of the United States Supreme Court "Brown v. Board of Education" decision that overturned 58 years of the infamous "separate but equal doctrine" confirmed in "Plessy v. Ferguson." (MLF)

Based on an analysis of the age, size, percent black, and occupational income differential in 32 southern cities, the findings show that age is still the strongest predictor of residential segregation. (Author)

Some months ago a number of British schools received a publication from the South African embassy on the education of non-whites in South Africa. In the light of recent events in Soweto and elsewhere, author compares the picture it presents with that of a new and less "official" publication. (Editor/RK)

Concludes that the "Anti-Discrimination Act of 1976" is anti Civil Rights legislation in disguise, in the hooded tradition of the Ku Klux Klan. (Author)

This collection of papers focuses on how to overcome challenges related to economic and racial school segregation through public school choice. The first section presents "Report of the Task Force" (the importance of school integration, overcoming challenges to integration, and case studies in integration). It also includes additional comments by…

This paper reviews postapartheid educational policy between the 1994 and 1999 elections. Its objective is to interrogate the different concerns, approaches, and implications of the various policies that have been formulated to fundamentally transform the legacy of the apartheid system. Five principal concerns are discussed: (1) the historical…

This report shows that 30 years after the enactment of the federal fair housing law and despite favorable circumstances, housing markets in the Boston metropolitan area remain strongly segregated. The report is based on Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data and census data. The HMDA data provide information about the race, ethnicity, income,…