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Dumas is becoming a symbol of a growing belief among blacks that busing is not the solution to the ferocious problems afflicting inner-city schools. In the past, all-black schools were considered by many blacks and white liberals an anathema to be destroyed by court order. No longer. They...
Ask Americans who has the last word on their constitutional rights, and they will usually point to the U.S. Supreme Court. But last week, as David Souter appeared certain to win Senate confirmation of his seat on the nation's highest bench after a 13-to-1 vote by the...
These views were reinforced by several aspects of my upbringing--notably, my schooling. My integrated neighborhood schools, part of the urban Atlanta Public School system, exemplified the best progressive leanings in Southern society. Yet no teacher ever hinted at the importance of that. My friends and I were taught in...
Even when it's not a question of race, race is always a question. A school- merger debate is raging, with race the stumbling block. Guilford County residents, whose school system is 81% white, are resisting entreaties to merge with Greensboro (51% black) and High Point (50% black) schools. Greensboro...
Once again North Carolina seemed in the grip of political schizophrenia. The calm and articulate Gantt, a former two-term mayor of Charlotte, may appeal to the progressive voters who gave the state a reputation for moderation by electing such Democrats as Terry Sanford, first as a forward-looking Governor...