Brown at 65: How Does the Changing Racial and Ethnic Ancestry of Blacks Impact the Interpretation of School Desegregation

Authors

Kevin D. Brown, Indiana University Maurer School of LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2019

Publication Citation

11 Alabama Civil Rights & Civil Liberties Review 1 (2019)

Abstract

INTRODUCTION ...............................................................................................2

I.RISE AND FALL OF SCHOOL DESEGREGATION.........................................7

A.The Rise of School Desegregation ............................................................... 7

B.The Fall of School Desegregation................................................................ 11

II. CHANGING RACIAL ANCESTRY OF BLACKS IN THE UNITED STATES AND WHY IT MATTERS IN TERMS OF SCHOOL DESEGREGATION...................16

A. Increases in Interracial Marriage Rates ...................................................... 18

B. Demise of the One-Drop Rule and the Recognition of Black Multiracials .. 21

C. Impact of Increasing Numbers of Black Multiracials ................................... 24

III. CHANGING ETHNIC ANCESTRY OF BLACKS ........................................ 28

CONCLUSION: IMPACT OF THE CHANGING RACIAL AND ETHNIC ANCESTRY OF BLACKS ON HOW TO THINK ABOUT SCHOOL DESEGREGATION ..........31

Recommended Citation

Kevin D. Brown, Brown at 65: How Does the Changing Racial and Ethnic Ancestry of Blacks Impact the Interpretation of School Desegregation, 11 Alabama Civil Rights & Civil Liberties Review 1 (2019) (2019).
Available at: https://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/facpub/3070