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Matthews, Lou Edward; Williams, Brian A. – Negro Educational Review, The, 2007
Ensuring that young Black men are afforded equal educational opportunities, access, and outcomes in education remains the most pressing challenge of modern schooling. Critical to overcoming this challenge is a focus on engineering pathways to design for school-based initiatives which draw more comprehensively from research and the prevailing…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Engineering, Educational Opportunities, Males
Merritt, Deborah Jones – Negro Educational Review, The, 2005
"Brown v. Board of Education" (1954) is one of the greatest achievements of the American judicial system. It decisively declared racial segregation in the schools unconstitutional, inaugurating the modern civil rights era. In addition to advancing equality, "Brown" initiated a new type of judicial decision making. After…
Descriptors: Judges, Courts, Racial Segregation, Lawyers
Jones, Janine Hancock; Hancock, Charles R. – Negro Educational Review, The, 2005
On May 17, 2004, our nation celebrated the 50th anniversary of a landmark decision, Brown versus the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. This U.S. Supreme Court decision was an impressive unanimous vote. In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the "separate but equal" doctrine of "Plessy v Ferguson" that the Court had…
Descriptors: United States History, Educational Facilities, Public Education, Court Litigation
Verdun, Vincene – Negro Educational Review, The, 2005
The hearts and minds of the American people have been won over on the issue of segregation. However, the dilemma is that while an overwhelming majority of Americans would cringe at the idea of a racially segregated America, America remains racially segregated and racial equality is more ideal than real. Even though there is almost no legal…
Descriptors: Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Racial Integration, Affirmative Action, Racial Segregation
Frasier, Ralph K. – Negro Educational Review, The, 2005
Like the Brown Decision, Frasier was not simply an action challenging the right of three plaintiffs to attend one of the institutions of higher education within the State of North Carolina which historically had limited access to its undergraduate schools to white citizens. Rather, the suit was one of a series seeking to dismantle a system of…
Descriptors: Racial Segregation, School Desegregation, Court Litigation, Personal Narratives
Marable, Manning – Negro Educational Review, The, 2005
In measuring the shortcomings of "Brown's" victory and legacy, the author tells us to remember that Robert Carter--best known as one of the principal attorneys who won the famous "Brown v. Board of Education" case--never underestimated the enormous difficulty of achieving racial fairness through the desegregation of public schools, or the…
Descriptors: African American Children, Urban Schools, Educational Opportunities, Affirmative Action
Daniel, Philip T. K. – Negro Educational Review, The, 2005
The circle of racial segregation in schools has completed itself based on the more recent Supreme Court cases pervasively weakening the welfare of African-American and other students of color as regards an appropriate education. The tenor of the federal courts, though at one ten year period in the 1960's and 1970's serving as a champion of equal…
Descriptors: School District Autonomy, School Desegregation, Racial Segregation, Educational Opportunities
Willie, Charles V. – Negro Educational Review, The, 2005
Actually, the "Brown v. Board of Education" decision of the U.S. Supreme Court descended upon this nation as a way of checking the pervasive injustice rendered by public educational institutions on people of color, particularly African Americans. The injustices resulted from laws, regulations and other public policies promulgated or…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Court Litigation, African American Education, Personal Narratives
Jamar, Idorenyin; Pitts, Vanessa R. – Negro Educational Review, The, 2005
Dramatic changes are occurring in the teaching and learning of mathematics in the nation's classrooms. It is no longer sufficient to be proficient in basic skills; students are now expected to develop deep conceptual understanding of a broad range of mathematical content areas. While there has been an increased focus on the need for equal…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, African American Students, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Achievement
Russell, Melody L. – Negro Educational Review, The, 2005
Historically, lack of access to educational opportunities has been a constant and unfortunate reality for many African Americans. As a result of tracking and ability grouping many African American students lack the necessary accoutrement for persistence in the sciences. Some critical factors for the persistence and success of African American…
Descriptors: Urban Areas, Rural Areas, Academic Persistence, Educational Change