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The Impact of 'Brown v. Board of Education' on Black Teachers outside of the South, 1934-1974

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Title: The Impact of 'Brown v. Board of Education' on Black Teachers outside of the South, 1934-1974
Language: English
Authors: Zoë Burkholder, National Coalition on School Diversity
Source: National Coalition on School Diversity. 2024.
Availability: National Coalition on School Diversity. 1200 18th Street NW Suite 200, Washington, DC 20036. Tel: 202-906-8023; e-mail: school-diversity@prrac.org; Web site: http://www.school-diversity.org
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 45
Publication Date: 2024
Sponsoring Agency: American Institutes for Research (AIR)
Intended Audience: Researchers; Teachers; Policymakers
Document Type: Reports - Research
Descriptors: Desegregation Litigation, School Desegregation, African American Teachers, Racism, Racial Discrimination, School Segregation, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Disproportionate Representation, Civil Rights, Activism, Geographic Regions, Public Schools, United States History, Educational History
Laws, Policies and Program Identifiers: Brown v Board of Education
Abstract: The purpose of this paper was to initiate a conversation among scholars, educators, citizens, and policymakers over the vital question of what happened to Black teachers outside of the South as a result of the "Brown v. Board of Education" ruling and subsequent desegregation efforts. As a history of Black teachers before and after Brown shows, there is no simple answer to this question. A very long history of racial discrimination, segregation, and exclusion of Black teachers in Northern public schools means that Black teachers were catastrophically underrepresented across the region by 1954. The gains made in the two decades after Brown are heartening, yet very limited in scope. This history encourages educational reformers to take seriously the problem of Black teacher underrepresentation in the past and today, which is inseparable from the larger struggle for racial equality and meaningful integration in our public schools.
Abstractor: ERIC
Entry Date: 2025
Accession Number: ED671654
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:The purpose of this paper was to initiate a conversation among scholars, educators, citizens, and policymakers over the vital question of what happened to Black teachers outside of the South as a result of the "Brown v. Board of Education" ruling and subsequent desegregation efforts. As a history of Black teachers before and after Brown shows, there is no simple answer to this question. A very long history of racial discrimination, segregation, and exclusion of Black teachers in Northern public schools means that Black teachers were catastrophically underrepresented across the region by 1954. The gains made in the two decades after Brown are heartening, yet very limited in scope. This history encourages educational reformers to take seriously the problem of Black teacher underrepresentation in the past and today, which is inseparable from the larger struggle for racial equality and meaningful integration in our public schools.