The Negro at Jefferson High School: A Historical Study of Racial Change
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Date
1970-09
Authors
La Plante, Bernard Raymond
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Publisher
University of Oregon
Abstract
In this study no attempt will be made to offer a solution to the complexities of the inner city, or even to the problem of educating the culturally disadvantaged. The researcher's purpose is to describe
the historical development of a secondary school in a working-class
community as the student population shifts from almost all white to a
half-white and half-black distribution. The school selected as the
subject of the study, Thomas Jefferson High School in Portland, Oregon,
lends itself exceptionally well to such investigation because the racial
change occurred there within a relatively short period of time. The
difficulties encountered at Jefferson High School by both the blacks
and the school staff are similar to those encountered in the schools of
large eastern cities. Because of the smaller number of people involved,
however, the intensity and complexity of the problem is not as great as
in the East, and consequently is easier to observe.
Description
251 pages
Keywords
Albina black community, Color-blindness, World War II