Schooling as a Political Instrument of Social Control: School Response to Black Migrant Youth in Buffalo, New York, 1917-1940.

Thomas, William B.

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Publication Date: 1985

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Schooling as a Political Instrument of Social Control: School Response to Black Migrant Youth in Buffalo, New York, 1917-1940.

Thomas, William B.

Teachers College Record, v86 n4 p579-92 Sum 1985

As a result of the "Great Migration" to Buffalo, the black population tripled from 1900 to 1930. Schooling became a sophisticated system of social controls to channel the attitudes and actions of the underclass of black youth. The system is described and its fundamental flaws examined. (MT)

Descriptors: Black Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Political Socialization, Racial Discrimination, Rural to Urban Migration, Social Structure

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Historical Materials

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Language: English

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