Word: segregationism
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Carr's decision strengthens competency testing in most states, but it also warns that too hasty an imposition of these graduation requirements can discriminate against past victims of segregation. North Carolina gave students three years' notice when its 1980 target date for competency testing was announced in 1977...
During the buildup of the cold war in 1948, Randolph once again seized the opportunity to press for change. In an encounter with President Harry Truman that was just as contentious as the one with Roosevelt, Randolph insisted on eliminating segregation in the armed forces; otherwise, he warned that blacks...
Of those teaching fellows who argue that divestiture is insufficient, I ask: when has any revolution, however bloody or peaceful, begun with a claim for complete relief? The Brown decision, twenty five years old on May 17 of this year, surely did not end segregation or discrimination in our schools...
Morgan contends HEW should no longer require detailed desegregation planning from North Carolina. He argues that the state's history of de jure segregation-the basis of HEW'S demands-has become legally irrelevant. If upheld, Morgan's argument could undermine university desegregation agreements negotiated by HEW...
In his novel, Members of the Tribe, and in Simple Justice, documenting the 1954 Supreme Court decision on school segregation, the legal system has been an inspiring force for Richard Kluger. His latest novel, Star Witness, traces the life and crimes of Feminist Lawyer Tabor Hill. A woman with a...