segregation in education

Traces the history of "Jim Crow" laws and the most important court decisions concerning them from 1896 to the present.

Examination of schools across the country whose children are from poor families in the inner city and the less affluent suburbs.

Details the events resulting in the court cases which led to the 1954 Supreme Court decision decreeing school integration.

Examines Supreme Court decisions in school integration cases from "Brown v. Board of Education" in 1954 to the Bakke case in 1977.

Presents the history of the struggle against segregation in education.

Traces the history of efforts to desegregate public schools in the United States, and features information on important milestones and documents in the struggle.

Discusses the history of the Civil Rights movement and the social life of children during this time. Explores segregated school systems and conflicts during integration. Includes activities and sidebars.

On May 17, 1954 the Supreme Court announced its decision to end segregation in the nation's public schools.

Based upon his examination of sixty public schools, the author maintains that the educational status of inner-city schools have worsened since the dismantling of the Brown v. Board of Education ruling.

Discusses the historical, legal and social aspects of the famous case of Brown v. Board of Education.