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Ruby Bridges
Ruby Bridges was the first African-American student to integrate an elementary school in the American South. This event promote tolerance in public schools. -
Coral Way Bilingual Elementary School
The original purpose of Coral Way Elementary was to help children from Cuban refugee families into Southern Florida. Coral Way Elementary is the first bilingual and bicultural public school in the Unities State. -
The Civil Rights Act
President Lyndon B. Johnson with Martin Luther King and other civil rights leaders signed the bill into law, and the Civil Rights Act was enacted. The Civil Rights Act allow people from different races, colors, religions, and sexes to have equal right in public places. This act also ended racial segregation in public schools. -
The Immigration Act
President Lyndon Johnson signed the Immigration Act on Oct. 3. The goal of the Immigration Act is to end discrimination and accept immigrants from other countries. The result of this act is that millions of immigrants come to the United State, especially Asian and Latino. Also, students who from the different counties increased diversity in America’s classrooms. -
The Equality of Educational Opportunity Study
The Equality of Educational Opportunity Study is based on the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to make students from different races, colors, and religions have equal access to education. The Equality of Educational Opportunity Study help majority group students increase attendance and engagement in schools. -
The Bilingual Education Act
The Bilingual Education Act of 1968 provided funding for bilingual education programs in schools. Students who had trouble speaking English could better understand reading and writing. The Bilingual Education Act of 1968 helped these students participate in schools and society. -
Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm
Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm was the first African American woman to get a seat in the U.S. Congress. She helped women and minorities fight for equal right in public places. In schools, women and minority students could have same opportunity as men and white students. -
Lau v. Nichols
In this case, Chinese Students who did not speak English denied that they got equal learning opportunity in the San Francisco school, because school did not provide bilingual education program. This school violate the Fourteenth Amendment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Justice Potter Stewart provided guidelines to help those Chinese students. Minority students should know how to react to unfair treatment. -
The Equal Educational Opportunities Act
The Equal Educational Opportunities Act first came with the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This act prohibited discrimination against African Americans and women and helped students have the equal right to participate in schools. -
Multicultural Education: Transformative Knowledge and Action
The book of Multicultural Education: Transformative Knowledge and Action describes the historical roots of multicultural education and the current multicultural education movement. This book promotes educational equality and accommodate culturally diversity.
