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Standing Before the Shouting Mob: Lenoir Chambers and Virginia's Massive Resistance to Public School Integration
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Paperback. A portrayal of Lenoir Chambers' campaign for racial justice. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JJPG; JFSL3; JN; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
This book provides a vivid portrayal of one southern journalist's campaign for racial justice.Lenoir Chambers was editor of the ""Norfolk Virginian-Pilot"" during the 1950s [and] in 1954, following the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision, he urged southerners to accept the fact that the age of segregation was over. Instead, Virginia embarked on a determined campaign of massive resistance...In 1960 Chambers received the Pulitzer Prize. He had, indeed, been unique: the only editor of a major Virginia newspaper to advocate obedience to what, after all, was the law of the land!
This book provides a vivid portrayal of one southern journalist's campaign for racial justice.Lenoir Chambers was editor of the ""Norfolk Virginian-Pilot"" during the 1950s [and] in 1954, following the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision, he urged southerners to accept the fact that the age of segregation was over. Instead, Virginia embarked on a determined campaign of massive resistance...In 1960 Chambers received the Pulitzer Prize. He had, indeed, been unique: the only editor of a major Virginia newspaper to advocate obedience to what, after all, was the law of the land!
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Alabama Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Alabama, United States
ISBN
9780817354916
SKU
V9780817354916
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Reviews for Standing Before the Shouting Mob: Lenoir Chambers and Virginia's Massive Resistance to Public School Integration
The book's principal contribution is its persuasive portrait of a thoroughly admirable and courageous journalist.... An important, well-researched, and well-written contribution. - Journal of American History ""Chambers was among only four of 53 southern journalists who consistently supported the 1954 Brown decision, [and] he received the Pulitzer Prize for his influential editorials - the Pilot was second in circulation among ... Read more