A Perspective on the Continuing Struggle for Equity.

Autor/in	Fairfax, Jean
Institution	Southern Education Foundation, Atlanta, GA.
Titel	A Perspective on the Continuing Struggle for Equity.
Quelle	(1991), (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Affirmative Action; Black Colleges; Black Community; Black Education; Civil Rights; Court Litigation; Educational Discrimination; Elementary Secondary Education; Equal Education; Higher Education; Racial Discrimination; School Desegregation; Speeches + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Rechtsstreit; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Racial bias; Rassismus; Integrative Schule
Abstract	This publication contains a speech on the continuing struggle for equity in education for African Americans presented to the Southern Education Foundation (SEF) by Jean Fairfax when she received the John A. Griffin Award for Advancing Equity in Education. In the speech, Fairfax addressed disagreements within the black community over educational issues that have accelerated in scope, intensity, and anger since the 1960s. Covered are disagreements over integration implementation methods, the Atlanta (Georgia) school court case, the "Adams v. Richardson" suit of 1970; and the impact of the suit on traditionally black public colleges. In particular, the Adams experience is described as a possible model for confronting issues in the future as it was a conflict around which pragmatic, workable consensus developed. The future demographic diversity of the United States is described, and consequent educational issues are predicted, including multiculturalism, conflict among minority groups, and other issues. Jean Fairfax calls for agreement on strategies for developing a shared vision of the future in the United States and a continued commitment to the ideals of the SEF. (JB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC