School Integration in Washington, D.C.: Introduction
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The public schools of Washington, D.C., were among the first in
the nation to successfully integrate. The initial optimism was
quickly destroyed by the reality of student strikes, increased
violence and theft, racial riots, and great disparity in students'
abilities. D.C. schools were not the only ones to face these
problems. Their situation was typical of schools across America.
- Background
- Bolling v. Sharpe
- Moving Towards Desegregation
- The Track System
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Adapted from School Integration in the United States: Problems with
Integration, a web project written for my tenth grade African history
class.
Copyright © 1998 Lisa Cozzens
(lisa@www.watson.org
).
Please read this
before you email me!
URL for this page: http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/school-integration/washdc/index.html
Last modified: Mon Jun 22, 1998