In 1954, the United States Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. Board of Education Topeka (347 U.S. 483) overturned the prevailing doctrine of separate but equal introduced by Plessy v. Ferguson (163 U.S. 537) fifty-eight years prior. By the time Brown was decided, many states had created dual collegiate structures of public education, most of which operated exclusively for Caucasians in one system and African Americans in the other.\ Although Brown focused national attention on desegregation...
In 1954, the United States Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. Board of Education Topeka (347 U.S. 483) overturned the prevailing doctrine of separate but equal introduced by Plessy v. Ferguson (163 U.S. 537) fifty-eight years prior. By the time Brown was decided, many states had created dual collegiate structures of public education, most of which operated exclusively for Caucasians in one system and African Americans in the other.Although Brown focused national attention on desegregation in primary and secondary public education, the issue of disestablishing dual systems of public higher education would come to the forefront two years later in Florida ex rel. Hawkins v. Board of Control (350 U.S. 413 [1956]). However, the pressure to dismantle dual systems of public education was not extended to higher education until the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Despite Title VI of this Act, which stated that No person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participation in, or be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance, nineteen states continued to operate dual systems of public higher education. The Quest to Define Collegiate Desegregation explores the evolution of the legal standard for collegiate desegregation after Adams v. Richardson (351 F2d 636 [D.C. Cir. 1972]).BooknewsDespite landmark litigation over desegregation in higher education, what these cases have in common is a failure to define the term per foreword-writer Charles Willie, Harvard Graduate School of Education. Brown (higher education, U. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) introduces the unfinished quest for equal educational opportunities for black college and university students. Includes a glossary of legal terms and court cases among the references. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)
ForewordAcknowledgmentsAn Introduction to the Quest1Black Colleges and Desegregation12The Unfinished Quest for Compliance173Desegregation Litigation Reborn294Legal Standards for Compliance555Challenges to Compliance716Defining Collegiate Desegregation89Afterword107Appendix AGlossary of Legal Terms115Appendix B: A Note on Methodology119Notes127Bibliography137Index157
\ BooknewsDespite landmark litigation over desegregation in higher education, what these cases have in common is a failure to define the term per foreword-writer Charles Willie, Harvard Graduate School of Education. Brown (higher education, U. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) introduces the unfinished quest for equal educational opportunities for black college and university students. Includes a glossary of legal terms and court cases among the references. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)\ \