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The Schoolhouse Door: Segregation's Last Stand at the University of Alabama
E. Culpepper Clark
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Description for The Schoolhouse Door: Segregation's Last Stand at the University of Alabama
Paperback. Divided into two parts, this title presents a story that covers the period 1943-57, which centers on the admission to and expulsion from the University of Alabama of Autherine Lucy in 1956. It also looks at the events culminating in Wallace's spectacular stand at Foster Auditorium in June 1963. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; 3JJPG; JFSL3; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
E. Culpepper Clark's book is a well-researched and crisply written narrative that draws its energy from the drama of the desegregation crisis in the postwar South...The first part of the story, covering the period 1943-57, centers on the admission to and expulsion from the University of Alabama of Autherine Lucy in 1956. In retrospect this appears as an opportunity for peaceful change that was tragically lost by inept university administrators and trustees, who stalled until Alabama's populist New Deal politics shifted sharply toward segregationist defiance following the bus boycott in Montgomery in 1955-56. The second part centers on the events ... Read more
E. Culpepper Clark's book is a well-researched and crisply written narrative that draws its energy from the drama of the desegregation crisis in the postwar South...The first part of the story, covering the period 1943-57, centers on the admission to and expulsion from the University of Alabama of Autherine Lucy in 1956. In retrospect this appears as an opportunity for peaceful change that was tragically lost by inept university administrators and trustees, who stalled until Alabama's populist New Deal politics shifted sharply toward segregationist defiance following the bus boycott in Montgomery in 1955-56. The second part centers on the events ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Fire Ant Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Alabama, United States
ISBN
9780817354336
SKU
V9780817354336
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About E. Culpepper Clark
E. Culpepper Clark is Dean Emeritus of the College of Communication and Information Sciences at The University of Alabama and author of Francis Warrington Dawson and the Politics of Restoration: South Carolina, 1874-1889 and A Sense of Place: Survivors on the Land.
Reviews for The Schoolhouse Door: Segregation's Last Stand at the University of Alabama
This is an important and moving story. Clark tells its well, respecting his historical actors by treating them critically but fairly, and respecting his readers by allowing them to draw their own conclusions. - American Historical Review ""E. Culpepper Clark tells a powerful story, balancing the need for continuity of theme with dozens of anecdotal illustrations of the main points, ... Read more