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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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The Impact, Implications and Prospects of Brown v. Board of Education: Education: Twenty-Five Years After.
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Gill, Robert L. – Negro Educational Review, 1979
Decisions on busing, racial quotas and affirmative action made since 1954 are reviewed. It is shown that while progress has been made, full equality for Blacks has not yet been achieved. (MC)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Blacks, Bus Transportation, Desegregation Methods
The Impact of United States Supreme Court Decisions on the Lives of Black People, 1950-1974
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Gill, Robert L. – Negro Educational Review, 1976
Notes that equal educational opportunity, or equal preparation for life, is not simply the removal of legal barriers to non-segregated schooling. Equal educational opportunity requires a commitment of dollars and time and unstinting personal support. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Black Culture, Black History, Black Influences, Change Agents
The Evolving Nature of the Supreme Court since Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 1954 in Retrospect and Prospect.
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Gill, Robert L. – Negro Educational Review, 1980
Traces Supreme Court responses to civil rights issues since 1953. Considers the personal role of Chief Justice Earl Warren in reversing many discriminatory laws, and the conservative decisions of the more recent Burger Court with its Nixon appointees. (GC)
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Court Role, History, Racial Discrimination