Format:
XXII, 278 S.
Edition:
1. ed.
ISBN:
1578067170
Content:
"Race has shaped public education in the Magnolia State since Reconstruction. For The Hardest Deal of All: The Battle Over School Integration in Mississippi, 1870-1980, Charles C. Bolton mines newspaper accounts, interviews, journals, archival records, legal and financial documents, and other sources to uncover the complex story of one of Mississippi's most significant and vexing issues." "This history closely examines specific events - the aftermath of the Brown v. Board of Education decision, the 1966 protests and counter-demonstrations in Grenada, and the efforts of particular organizations - and carefully considers the broader picture."--BOOK JACKET.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Too many schools, too little money: Mississippi's dual education system, 1870-1940 -- A last gasp to maintain a segregated system : Mississippi's failed effort to make separate education truly equal -- Years of nothing but deliberate speed : the aftermath of Brown in Mississippi -- The crack in the wall : school desegregation begins -- Freedom of choice for whites : massive resistance by another name -- Freedom of choice for blacks : "very little choice and no freedom at all" -- School integration : we do not want our children going to school with yours -- School integration : a pyrrhic victory?
Language:
English
Keywords:
Staat Mississippi
;
Schule
;
Rassenintegration
;
Geschichte 1870-1980
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip058/2005004454.html
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