The road to healing : a civil rights reparations story in Prince Edward County, Virginia /

Prince Edward County, Virginia closed its public school system in 1959 in "massive resistance" to the U.S. Supreme Court's historic Brown v. Board decision of 1954. The editorial pages of the local family-owned newspaper, The Farmville Herald, led the fight to lock classrooms rather t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Woodley, Ken
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montgomery, AL : NewSouth Books, [2019]
Temas:
School integration > Virginia > Prince Edward County.
Public schools > Virginia > Prince Edward County.
Racism in education > Virginia > Prince Edward County.
Segregation in education > Virginia > Prince Edward County.
African Americans > Reparations > Virginia > Prince Edward County.
Reparations for historical injustices > United States.
Réparations des crimes de l'histoire > États-Unis.
EDUCATION > Administration > General.
EDUCATION > Educational Policy & Reform > General.
African Americans > Reparations.
Public schools.
Racism in education.
Reparations for historical injustices.
School integration.
Segregation in education.
United States.
Virginia > Prince Edward County.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1. 'God, Please Help Us. We Are Your Children, Too'; 2. The 'Civil War' After the Civil War; 3. The Click of Cosmic Tumblers; 4. Balm for Gilead; 5. 'I'll Fight With You on This'; 6. Into the Sausage Grinder; 7. Destroy the Headline to Save It?; 8. Wings For a Prayer; 9. The Eye of the Storm; 10. Bound for Civil Rights History; 11. The Promised Land; 12. We Gathered Our Light; 13. Reparation Within the Sorrow; 14. 'For All Wounds Known and Unknown'; Epilogue: Will We Live Happily Ever After?

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