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Southern Stalemate
Christophe Bonastia
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Description for Southern Stalemate
Hardcover. In 1959, Virginia's Prince Edward County closed its public schools rather than obey a court order to desegregate. This title 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. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL1; JNL; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226063898
SKU
V9780226063898
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About Christophe Bonastia
Christopher Bonastia is associate professor of sociology at Lehman College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York, as well as associate director of the Lehman Scholars Program and Macaulay Honors College at Lehman University. He is the author of Knocking on the Door: The Federal Government's Attempt to Desegregate the Suburbs.
Reviews for Southern Stalemate
"Well written and engaging, this book richly chronicles an incident that has been underexplored in the vast civil rights movement literature." (David Cunningham, Brandeis University)"