This paper provides a critical analysis of the role of the courts in providing Black children with a quality education, along with an overview of educational policy and some suggested strategies that will result in positive changes. (Author/AM)

Notes that among the most hopeful developments for school desegregation are the three plans proposed and approved by the Chicago Superintendent of Schools and the Board of Education: a faculty integration plan, a student permission transfer plan, and a developing plan for a City-Wide Advisory Committee on School Desegregation. (Author/AM)

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)

Discusses the literature dealing with the black family, the family as a holistic unit, the black womans' role and the myth of matriarchy, children and their place, and the changing nature of the black male and his effect upon the black family. (Author/AM)

Notes that black people in the U.S. have not developed a history of achievements in the natural sciences that can be readily built upon by their offspring, and thus the problem of motivation of black children at an early age is a significant factor in determining whether they decide to pursue a career in the natural sciences. (Author/AM)

Reviews the past accomplishments of academia with a primary focus on the assessment of these advancements on the future. (Author/AM)

Notes that the role of this publication is to act as the conscience of the nation, exposing its fault and its shortcomings, calling attention to its abuses and its ommissions and citing its successes and its progress in its sometimes successful, always halting, efforts to bring true equality to all people. (Author/AM)

Suggests that for countless blacks imprisoned in ghettoized restrictions, and for a great many who live on the land in rural areas, the black Church has been an especially effective haven of comfort, a weapon of protest, and an instrument of escape from physical jeopardy. (Author/AM)

Briefly describes society's perception of black children, black adults' responsibility for black children, and problems encountered in attempting to liberate the black child, asserting that white society has ill-defined and mis-educated the public irrespective of blacks' counter reactions. (Author/JM)

Analyzes the rhetorical mode of the civil rights movement and gives some attention to the problematic convergence of white and Black progressive writers. Focuses on two recurring metaphors used to describe the condition of Blacks: invisibility and Black Power. (KH)

Contains five essays and editorial on the theme of Black/white alliances, 1941-1983. Topics discussed include a look back at slavery, rhetorical alliances in the Civil Rights era, how the nature of legal arguments limits Black educational advancement, political alliances, and religious alliances. (CMG)

Challenges the Black college graduate of 1982 to use the experiences and skills acquired through formal education and self-education to help to improve the welfare of Blacks and bring about justice in the world. (MJL)

Reviews some of the possible causes for the current crisis among African-American males, including a crisis of faith in education and problems with public schools. Discusses possible strategies for improvement: whole community response, successful programs, renewed faith in education, and national forums. (JB)

Examines problems that afflict African-American males in education. Looks at the current suggestion that separate education for African-American males may be a solution. Argues that separation is not the answer because of a historical legacy of separation. Suggests alternatives including after-school and weekend all-male clubs and activities. (JB)

Asks whether special education is designed to keep African-American boys out of the mainstream of education and also looks at questions of a passive conspiracy to destroy African-American males and the role of racism. Discusses special education legislation, and argues that African-American boys are not being adequately educated. (JB)