Documents Tagged ‘education’

School Desegregation in Peoria, Illinois

The US Commission on Civil Rights examined why a busing program hadn't alleviated segregation in Peoria's schools

Twenty years after Brown v. Board of Education, the Journal Star examined the arc of the city's Civil Rights Movement

Three days later an editorial praised Bradley's “Statement of Principles” for enforcing the civil rights of all races

Protests by Bradley University's Black Student Alliance resulted in two new academic institutions

After approximately 6,200 total student absences, student demonstrators paused to regroup

120 Manual High School students were barred from returning to class the day after the mass walk-out

Teens in the NAACP staged a walk-out to protest inadequate conditions at their school

The NAACP pressured for school reform with another sit-in — and six were arrested

The NAACP staged a singing sit-in to press for changes in school curriculum and employment practices

The Peoria Journal Star saluted those black Peorians who had entered the middle class

By November 1964, a 77% high school dropout rate beset black Peoria - higher than Chicago and Springfield.

Who was to blame for low black social mobility — Peoria or blacks themselves?

A Peorian teacher emphasized education in the fight for desegregation

The PJ Star argued everyone was "somewhat to blame" for the high black drop-out rate