(1977). Help Is Available. College Press Review, 17, 2, 4-11, Win 77-78. Discusses problems for college publications advisers and student editors involving the issues of prior restraint, firing, suspension, and control of funding; describes court cases that have pertained to these issues. (GW)…
(1978). The Status Offender In Georgia. Journal of the International Association of Pupil Personnel Workers, 22, 1, 38-44, Jan 78. Presents information about the Juvenile Court Code of 1971, Title 24A of the Georgia Code and how it is used to deal with status offenders through community agencies. (HLM)…
(1976). John Collier and the Indian Reorganization Act. American Indian Journal of the Institute for the Development of Indian Law, 2, 7, 2-7, Jul 76. …
(1977). Population Stability and Equal Rights. Society, 14, 4, 34-6, May-Jun 77. Argues that any policy of voluntary busing should, to bring population stability as well as equal rights, encompass the metropolitan area as a whole, removing the suburbs from their protected status. (Author/JM)…
(1987). Elizabeth Boynton Harbert and the Woman Suffrage Movement, 1870-1896. Signs, v13 n1 p78-97 Fall. The Woman Suffrage Movement experienced ideological changes so that earlier and later suffragists had different views. Elizabeth Boynton Harbert was one reformer who first criticized female socialization and the system of separate spheres. Later her views became more sentimental and she idealized the traditional role of women. (VM)…
(1986). Protest and Politics: The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and the 1965 Congressional Challenge. Negro Educational Review, v37 n3-4 p130-43 Jul-Oct. Describes actions taken by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party to challenge White dominance on the ballot for congressional seats in 1965. The challenge failed, for a number of reasons, but helped end an era of all-White political party domination and precipitated the growth of grass-roots political groups. (KH)…
(1985). Imperatives of Black Leadership: Policy Mobilization and Community Development. Urban League Review, v9 n1 p20-41 Sum. Reviews Black political strategies of the 1960s and 1970s. Calls for a further shift in strategy, in light of the fact that the most urgent and primary task of Black leadership is the internal reconstruction of the Black community through strengthening both its common frame of reference and common resource base. (Author/GC)…
(1984). Denominational Thrust in Education: Some Issues Affecting Canadian Teachers. Canadian Journal of Education, v9 n3 p243-60 Sum. Notes that increasing support for denominational education in Canada challenges educators to examine the issue before serious conflict reaches the courts. Notes that denominational education is affecting teachers' professionalism and human rights. Explains that because existing court judgments are contradictory, conflict resolution is better achieved in other ways. (SB)…
(1985). The Freedmen's Bureau: From Social Welfare to Segregation. Phylon, v46 n3 p219-30 Sep. Describes the philosophical and political underpinnings of the Freedmen's Bureau, a Federal agency created after the Civil War to assist and protect freed Southern slaves. Argues that, despite some positive results, it exemplified the nation's ambivalence toward a free black community and only contributed to the further entrenchment of racial segregation. (KH)…
(1983). Stare Decisis, Federalism, and Judicial Self-Restraint: Concepts Perpetuating the Separate but Equal Doctrine in Public Education, 1849-1954. Journal of Law and Education, v12 n4 p561-85 Oct. Traces the history of the United States Supreme Court "Brown v. Board of Education" decision that overturned 58 years of the infamous "separate but equal doctrine" confirmed in "Plessy v. Ferguson." (MLF)…
(1984). Judging Public Interest in Libel: The "Gertz" Decision's Contribution. Journalism Quarterly, v61 n1 p117-24 Spr. Traces the public interest concept in libel to the time of "Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.," which supposedly rejected the concept, and beyond, demonstrating that the problem many free press advocates associate with the decision is really a consequence of the public interest test those same advocates cherish. (FL)…
(1983). Sanctions for Reporters Who Refuse to Disclose Sources in Libel Cases. Journalism Quarterly, v60 n3 p437-44,508 Aut. Notes that the courts have specific sanctions under the "Federal Rules of Civil Procedure" to ensure discovery in libel and invasion of privacy cases. Examines media-related cases in which courts have used these sanctions and relates them to nonmedia cases. (FL)…
(1976). Whither Integration?. American Scholar, 45, 3, 360-73, Sum 76. Focuses on the integration of the Negro into the mainstream of cultural and social development in the United States. Particular attention was spent on the problem of getting white people to translate agreement on integration in principle into integration in fact. (Author/RK)…
(2000). Let Freedom Ring: The Life & Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. [Lesson Plan]. This lesson plan teaches students about the life and work of Martin Luther King, Jr. Students listen to a brief biography, view photographs of the March on Washington, and read a portion of King's "I Have a Dream" speech. After studying Dr. King's use of imagery and allusion, students create original poetic phrases about freedom and illustrate them with symbols representing the forms of freedom that have yet to be realized in the United States. After its 6 lessons, students will have: (1) learned about the life and work of Martin Luther King, Jr.; (2) observed and studied King's use of figurative language in his "I Have a Dream" speech; and (3) become aware of inequities that still exist in the United States. Intended for grades 3-5, the plan notes subject areas covered (language arts, literature, United States history and social studies), time required to complete the lesson, skills used and taught in the lesson, and the standards developed by professional… [PDF]
(1973). Don't Get Mad; Get Smart!. J-NAWDAC, 37, 1, 18-26, F 73. This address (to a joint session of the annual conventions of the NAWDAC and the ACPA in Cleveland, 1973) discusses the author's concerns about contemporary America. He discusses his opinions about racism, the fight for black equality, abortion, and other social issues in our country. The emphasis is on the position of blacks in our society. (EK)…