The extent of the relationship of certain factors to the displacement of black school principals in the public schools of Virginia from 1953 to 1970

The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not certain factors were related significantly to the displacement of black school principals in the public schools of Virginia during the time period from 1954 to 1969, inclusively. The population, therefore, included all black school principals who supervised five or more teachers in the public schools of Virginia and whose names were listed in the Virginia Educational Directory for the school years 1953-54 to 1969-70.
A questionnaire designed specifically for the study was used to collect the data. It was designed to secure information from which a picture of the general status of black school principals was revealed in terms of the following factors: race, sex, age, experiential background, education, and desegregated student bodies.
On the basis of the data presented in this study, it was recommended that further study be made to identify well-defined factors which could serve as effective predictors of job displacement. An examination of the attitudes of people in the communities might provide an explanation of the displacement phenomenon.