Legacy of W.E.B. DuBois: A Rational Model for Achieving Public School Equity for America's Black Children, The
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Authors
Bell, Derrick A. Jr.
Issue Date
1978
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11
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Journal Article
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FIRST PARAGRAPH(S)|For a very long time, those living near the world's oceans must have observed the ebb and flow of the tides and assumed that those mighty bodies of water moved in, then out, then in again according to some internal rhythm, majestic, inevitable, unaffectable by any outside force. The apparent coincidence of the Moon's phases to tidal changes perhaps was recognized long before anyone proved definitively that the far off lunar body influenced through its gravity ocean tides on this planet. Even today, those of us not conversant with either physics or astronomy accept this explanation with some reluctance. In matters so enormous, it is easier and, somehow, comforting to rely on myth or religion rather than on rational, but cold, scientific fact...
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11 Creighton L. Rev. 409 (1977-1978)
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Creighton University School of Law