Southern stalemate : five years without public education in Prince Edward County, Virginia /

In 1959, Virginia & rsquo;s Prince Edward County closed its public schools rather than obey a court order to desegregate. For five years, black children were left to fend for themselves while the courts decided if the county could continue to deny its citizens public education. Investigating thi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bonastia, Christopher, 1967-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2012.
Temas:
School integration > Virginia > Prince Edward County.
Educational equalization > Virginia > Prince Edward County.
Public schools > Virginia > Prince Edward County.
Civil rights movements > Virginia > Prince Edward County.
EDUCATION > Administration > General.
EDUCATION > Educational Policy & Reform > General.
Civil rights movements
Educational equalization
Public schools
Race relations
School integration
Prince Edward County (Va.) > Race relations.
Virginia > Prince Edward County
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Why Prince Edward County?
  • White supremacy and black resistance in Prince Edward County and Virginia
  • No middle ground: the rapid ascent of massive resistance
  • Breaking the basket of eggs: the collapse of massive resistance
  • "The doors was chained, so i knew then": educational options during the closing years
  • The federal government confronts the "lone pocket of ludicrous resistance"
  • "Clean as a hound's tooth": white justifications for the school closings
  • From the courtroom to the street: black activism in Prince Edward
  • The grudging resumption of public education
  • Conclusion: a county ahead of its time?

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