Examples of the many ways in which educational media can be used in minority studies, in improving relations between races, and in improving the education of the disadvantaged are cited in order to indicate the value of educational media in these areas. (Author/AM)

Educators are encouraged to use some of the non-traditional student-centered methods for improving the communication skills of disadvantaged students, including technological aids such as books, tapes, cable T.V., video tapes, computers, etc., and devices such as role playing and dramatizations. (AM)

As a variable related to students' perceptions of teachers, it is recommended that educators attend to racial classroom composition to improve the classroom environment for optimal learning conditions. (Author)

Notes that the accounts of most students and inmates indicate that the acquisition of a racist mythology begins early in their childhood. (Author)

Argues that it is white America that has made 'Roots' a best seller because it is comforting to most white Americans. The book doesn't make most of them feel quilty. It is consistently upbeat and optimistic. It contains much of the old dialect that depicts Blacks as being not-too-bright. It seems to say while some mistakes were made everything has…

Determines how 70 administrators of black public colleges think desegregating higher education would effect the quality and quantity of education received by blacks, the economic benefits to blacks from education, the future faculty, staff, and student body compositions at black public colleges, and the continuation of the black public college as…

Argues that in order to discharge their social and professional responsibility to promote awareness and understanding about the phenomenon of black liberation, black sociologists and educators must both recognize and help others realize that "the practice of racial prejudice and discrimination constitutes an environmental problem of the first…

The societal paradox of abundant opportunities and numerous constraints affects black people's expectations, frustrations, and anger. Specific questions that this paper examines are: What are some possible causes of anger? How have black people reacted to anger-provoking situations? And what are future prospects for black people? (Author/JM)

51 second and third graders participated in a study to determine the extent to which structured group counseling with elementary school students can affect the child's self-esteem. Secondary purposes were to determine the effects on self-esteem of working with significant adults, namely parents and teachers, in the child's life. (Author/JM)

Argues that if black higher educational institutions are to survive, these institutions must redefine their role (s). Then the majority of these institutions can begin to deal with their most salient task--the development of viable educational programs which have as their focus the equipment of black people with the skills to compete, govern and…

Titles are classified into categories which the writed hopes will be useful to the graduate student in locating research in progress. The name of the student, thesis title, and the graduate institution are given. In most instances, the names of the members of the advisory committee are included. (Author/JM)

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 children who find themselves too often among unwelcoming and uncaring adults and hostile institutions need all the developmental freedom they can muster to build muscle necessary for encountering the very white society in which we live. (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)