The School Desegregation- Resegregation Scenario: Charlotte-Mecklenburg's Experience

Abstract

Based on enrollment data since 1969, determines the degree of resegregation (schools again becoming racially imbalanced after initial desegregation). The data reveals that, after desegregation in 1970, the system experienced resegregation as early as 1973, and that the district since then has undergone an integration-resegregation cycle on three year intervals. The data suggests resegregation is a product of residential changes, not private school flight. Desegregation is a continuing struggle, not a onetime event. Table, biblio.

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Geography, Geology, and Planning

Document Type

Article

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1177/107808748101600307

Keywords

North Carolina (Mecklenburg County, Charlotte)

Publication Date

10-1-1998

Journal Title

Urban Affairs Quarterly

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