Southern Stalemate

Christopher Bonastia

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Formato:
Hardback
Editore:
The University of Chicago Press
Anno di pubblicazione
2012
Lingua:
Inglese
Pagine:
328
Dimensioni:
229 X 152
Codice EAN:
9780226063898
Generi:
History, America History, Social & Economic History Social Sciences, Anthropology Social Sciences, Sociology Social Sciences, Education & Teaching Politics & Philosophy, Politics & Government Politics & Philosophy, Political Control & Freedoms
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$ 45,00

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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.

L'Autore

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.

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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)