Abstract
When the Brown 1 decision was first handed down in 1954, its intent was to provide educational opportunities for Black children equal to those provided for White children. Although many observers would contend that this goal has not yet been achieved, we believe the Brown decision has resulted both directly and indirectly in significant changes both within the educational institution and in other social institutions. Although some of the changes that resulted from Brown and the myriad of desegregation cases following Brown were clearly intended, others were not. We refer to these unintended changes as the “serendipitous” effects of school desegregation. It is the intent of this chapter to explore some of the serendipitous effects that have already occurred and to speculate on some others that we believe will occur in the future.
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Greenblatt, S.L., Willie, C.V. (1980). The Serendipitous Effects of School Desegregation. In: Stephan, W.G., Feagin, J.R. (eds) School Desegregation. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9155-9_3
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