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ERIC Number: EJ360201
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Changing Patterns in Black School Politics: Atlanta, 1872-1973.
Plank, David N.; Turner, Marcia
American Journal of Education, v95 n4 p584-608 Aug 1987
Provides a historical survey of black school politics in Atlanta between 1872 and 1973. Identifies four major periods in the struggle to improve educational opportunities for black children. Changes in strategies and goals from one period to the next were determined by changes in the political resources available to the black community. (PS)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Black Students, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Instructional Improvement, Public Schools, Racial Relations, School Desegregation, United States History, Urban Schools
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Historical Materials
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Excellence in Education; Georgia (Atlanta)