Sentences with phrase «desegregation of public schools»

In 2004 The Civil Rights Project reported that desegregation of public schools in the USA peaked in 1988 and that resegregation has occurred in many areas since.

After greatly increasing desegregation of public schools a generation ago, the United States public education system is now steadily consolidating a trend toward racial resegregation that began in the late 1980s, according to a new study by The Civil Rights Project and researchers at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

After the Supreme Court's landmark 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education ordering the desegregation of public schools in Topeka, Kansas, lawsuits promptly were brought to dismantle legally sanctioned segregation in other states.

Therefore, they contended that a lower federal court in Little Rock had no constitutional authority to order the desegregation of public schools in Arkansas on the basis of the Brown decision.

Large policy changes with wide - ranging effects have been implemented through executive order, including the racial integration of the armed forces under Harry Truman and the desegregation of public schools under Dwight D. Eisenhower.

As a candidate for governor, Hawkins said he wants to push for the desegregation of public schools in New York state.

Goodman also has outlined some educational plans, primarily centering around the desegregation of public schools.

«Brown [the court case that led to the desegregation of public schools] provided the access, but access is not sufficient.

The Supreme Court's 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision, which mandated the desegregation of public schools, gave the executive branch a legal precedent for enforcing equal access to education.

The Commissioner is authorized, upon the application of any school board, State, municipality, school district, or other governmental unit legally responsible for operating a public school or schools, to render technical assistance to such applicant in the preparation, adoption, and implementation of plans for the desegregation of public schools.

Nixon was defeated by John Kennedy, who proposed the civil rights bill that became law after his death and advanced the desegregation of the public schools.

This federal program was established in the 1960s to assist local education agencies in creating and implementing plans for the desegregation of public schools.

Unfortunately, today, in Tulsa, the desegregation of public schools during the»50s and»60s meant the demotion, and in some instances, the termination of black teachers in order to satisfy racially balanced quotes that were mandated by the federal court.

The rezoning of PS 191 and PS 199 in Manhattan and PS 307 and PS 8 in Brooklyn were the two most contentious battles in the city's fight towards integration and desegregation of public schools.