A Campaign of Quiet Persuasion : How the College Board Desegregated SAT® Test Centers in the Deep South, 1960-1965 /

In 1960, the College Entrance Examination Board became an unexpected participant in the movement to desegregate education in the South. Working with its partner, Educational Testing Services, the College Board quietly integrated its Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) centers throughout the Deep South. T...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Wheeler, Jan Bates
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : LSU Press, 2013.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
College Entrance Examination Board.
College Entrance Examination Board > History.
Segregation in education.
SAT (Educational test)
Law School Admission Test.
Education.
Discrimination in education.
EDUCATION > Higher.
Éducation > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire.
Segregation en education > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire.
Discrimination en education > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire.
Law School Admission Test > Histoire.
SAT (Test en education) > Histoire.
Education > Southern States > History.
Segregation in education > Southern States > History.
Discrimination in education > Southern States > History.
Law School Admission Test > History.
SAT (Educational test) > History.
Southern States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • A Precedent : Desegregating the Law School Admissions Test Centers, 1960-1962
  • The Way Things Were, 1959-1961
  • The Cameron Plan Is Implemented and the Special Committee Is Established, 1961-1962
  • Establishing Test Centers at Military Bases, 1962-1963
  • The March through Georgia and a Setback in Mississippi, 1963-1964
  • The Campaign Ends, 1964-1967
  • Epilogue.

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