are twofold (from a Black perspective):
Goal #1: To equalize educational resources and the environment in which the education was delivered.
The thought at the time, I believe, was if white kids went to the same school as Black kids, those white parents would fight to make sure their resources and environment were not diminished ... surly, they would not hurt their own, right?
Nope, enter white-flight to parochial and private (now, charter) schools.
Goal #2:
Allow white kids to interact and, thereby, learn that there are far more commonalities among white and Black, than differences.
But, IMHO, this is/was a lesson that Black (and Hispanic) kids did not need to learn because our survival has always been based in our knowledge of, and ability to navigate among, white folks; but white survival has never been based on knowing anything about Black folks.
I, personally, have no problem with all-Black schools (or even all-white schools), so long as there is a mechanism to ensure that the resources and environment are equal.
I know ... I know ... Brown struck down "separate but equal", but there was never a time when it was anything but separate and unequal.
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