Reading, Writing, and Race : The Desegregation of the Charlotte Schools /

Using Charlotte, North Carolina, as a case study of the dynamics of racial change in the 'moderate' South, Davison Douglas analyzes the desegregation of the city's public schools from the Supreme Court's 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision through the early 1970s, when the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Douglas, Davison M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : University of North Carolina Press, 1995.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
School integration.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Desegregation en education > Caroline du Nord > Charlotte > Études de cas.
School integration > North Carolina > Charlotte > Case studies.
North Carolina > Charlotte.
Case studies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Using Charlotte, North Carolina, as a case study of the dynamics of racial change in the 'moderate' South, Davison Douglas analyzes the desegregation of the city's public schools from the Supreme Court's 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision through the early 1970s, when the city embarked upon the most ambitious school busing plan in the nation. In charting the path of racial change, Douglas considers the relative efficacy of the black community's use of public demonstrations and litigation to force desegregation. He also evaluates the role of the city's white business community, which was.
Notas:"This book was digitally manufactured"--Title page verso.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (374 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9781469619743

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