School Desegregation Past, Present, and Future [Paperback]

Section I: Historical Background of School Desegregation.- 1 A Brief Historical Overview of School Desegregation.- From Slavery to Emancipation.- From the Civil War to World War I.- World War I to Brown.- The Brown Decision.- The Implementation of the Brown Decision.- Desegregation in the 1970s and Beyond.- References.- 2 School Desegregation: A Political-Economic Perspective.- The Cast of Characters.- The Quest for Legitimacy and Stability.- The Pressures for Change.- Why Litigation and Why Education?.- Corporate Liberals and Foundations.- The Success of Civil Rights Pressures.- Legitimacy Effects.- The Immediate Impact of Desegregation.- Reaction and Stagnation.- The White Backlash.- The Underlying Systemic Problems.- Conclusion.- References.- 3 The Serendipitous Effects of School Desegregation.- Minorities and Social Change.- Social Class Desegregation.- Increased Role of the State.- Redefinition of Education.- Implications for the Teaching Profession.- Changing Relations between School Board Members and Superintendents.- Increased Citizen Interest and Participation in Education.- Summary and Conclusions.- References.- Section II: Problems and Issues Concerning School Desegregation.- 4 From Prohibiting Segregation to Requiring Integration: Developments in the Law of Race and the Schools since Brown.- The Prohibition of Segregation.- Compulsory Integration in the Name of Desegregation.- Desegregation Means Busing.- Desegregation Moves North.- Desegregation Theory Applied to Limit Busing.- The Requirement of a Racially Discriminatory Intent.- References.- 5 Nondiscrimination and Beyond: The Search for Principle in Supreme Court Desegregation Decisions.- The Remedial Theory.- The Political Corruption Theory.- The Group Protection Theory.- Developments since Keyes: The Return of the Nondiscrimination Principle?.- Conclusion.- References.- 6 On the Future of School Desegregation: A New American Dilemma?.- An American Dilemma.- A New American Dilemma.- SortinlÓ)