Black studies programs in public schools / [by] Raymond H. Giles, Jr.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-156).

1.: Cultural diversity and the American public schools ; Prevailing American attitudes toward history of black people in the United States ; Educational goals and purposes of ethnic and black studies programs ; Black studies and the public schools : What is the status? -- 2. Black studies curriculum, methods, and materials: Black identity ; Thematic approach to black studies ; A relevant black curriculum guides to local needs ; ...Selecting teaching materials -- 3. Images of Africa: Ethnic studies and changing images of Africa ; Dispelling stereotypes ; Improving black self-image ; The problem of black identity and white cultural assimilation -- 4. Black studies in selected high schools: Cleveland, Ohio (Separate black studies courses for white studentsin a predominantly white school) ; Madison, Wisconsin (Separate black studies courses for black students only in two predominantly white schools ; Experimental high school ; Traditional high school ;

(Con.) White studies ...Minority groups in America : A study of the course in white racism) ; Detroit, Michigan (Required black history courses in an all-black high school) ; Los Angeles, California (Integrating black studies into the regular school curriculum in an all-black high school serving a ghetto ; A white teacher of black history in an all-black high school) ; Northampton high school (Northampton, Massachusetts) -- 5.: Criteria and standards for determining the impact of black studies programs ; Goals of black history courses ; Problems related to the role of the teacher in the black studies programs ; Need for well-defined criteria for measuring the impact and effectiveness of black studies programs ; Failure and termination of black studies programs ; The necessity for considering the effects of variables outside the school correlated with prejudice and development of positive self images ; Problems in selecting and critiqueing instructional materials for black studies.

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