Southern Stalemate
Title | Southern Stalemate PDF eBook |
Author | Christopher Bonastia |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 351 |
Release | 2012-01-11 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0226063917 |
In 1959, Virginia’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 this remarkable and nearly forgotten story of local, state, and federal political confrontation, Christopher Bonastia recounts the test of wills that pitted resolute African Americans against equally steadfast white segregationists in a battle over the future of public education in America. Beginning in 1951 when black high school students protested unequal facilities and continuing through the return of whites to public schools in the 1970s and 1980s, Bonastia describes the struggle over education during the civil rights era and the human suffering that came with it, as well as the inspiring determination of black residents to see justice served. Artfully exploring the lessons of the Prince Edward saga, Southern Stalemate unearths new insights about the evolution of modern conservatism and the politics of race in America.
Public Education in Virginia
Title | Public Education in Virginia PDF eBook |
Author | Virginia. Commission to Survey the Educational System of Virginia |
Publisher | |
Pages | 690 |
Release | 1928 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN |
Virginia Facts and Figures
Title | Virginia Facts and Figures PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 44 |
Release | 1969 |
Genre | Virginia |
ISBN |
Our System of Public Education
Title | Our System of Public Education PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Cameron Wylie |
Publisher | |
Pages | 80 |
Release | 1901 |
Genre | Church and education |
ISBN |
Public Education
Title | Public Education PDF eBook |
Author | United States Commission on Civil Rights |
Publisher | |
Pages | 320 |
Release | 1964 |
Genre | School integration |
ISBN |
Digest of State Laws Relating to Public Education in Force January 1, 1915
Title | Digest of State Laws Relating to Public Education in Force January 1, 1915 PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1310 |
Release | 1916 |
Genre | Educational law and legislation |
ISBN |
Virginia Public Schools
Title | Virginia Public Schools PDF eBook |
Author | Virginia. Education Commission |
Publisher | |
Pages | 270 |
Release | 1921 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN |