Resegregation and Educational Apartheid in Macon/Bibb County, Georgia: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same

This study examined how the institution of the White private school system and the continued segregation of schools in Macon, GA has affected Macon's Black community. Archival data included newspaper accounts of Macon's educational climate from Brown v. Board of Education to present day. Interviews with five African-American women who lived in Macon during the time of integration showed through building "desegregation academies," gerrymandering public school districts, overcrowding and underfunding public schools (which are already at a disadvantage because of their socioeconomic status), the bureaucracy of Macon has unequivocally sent the message to the Black community that they are not worthy of a decent education. Bibb County public schools are mostly populated by African-American students who live below the poverty line. There are a disproportionate (to the general population) number of private schools in Macon, and they are mostly populated by Caucasian students who live a middle-class or higher life. This imbalance has persisted for decades, and permeates into the mainstream society as the students become adults and participate in various community affairs.

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Education in Curriculum Studies (Ed.D.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation (open access)

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Department of Curriculum, Foundations, and Reading

Year dc:date.available

2010

Author dc:creator

• Briandi, Ashley Paige

Contributors dc:contributor

• Ming Fang He
• Meca Williams-Johnson
• Michelle Haberland

• ETD
• Desegregation
• Integration
• Public schools
• Educational apartheid
• Macon

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/532

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu:etd-1532