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Something must be done about Prince Edward County : a family, a Virginia town, a civil rights battle
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Something must be done about Prince Edward County : a family, a Virginia town, a civil rights battle / Kristen Green.
ISBN
9780062268679 (hardcover)
0062268678 (hardcover)
Edition
First edition.
Publication
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2015]
Physical Description
x, 320 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary
Combining hard-hitting investigative journalism and a sweeping family narrative, this provocative true story reveals a little-known chapter of American history-- the period after the Brown v. Board of Education decision when one Virginia school system refused to integrate.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 11, 2015
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-302) and index.
Contents
Separate but not equal. A perfectly charming Southern town ; Homecoming in Black and white ; Prince Edward joins "Brown v. Board of Education" ; My family's part ; Locked out
The Lost Generation. The Segregation Academy ; Waiting and seeing ; Nigger lovers ; "You go where your parents tell you to" ; Elsie's other life ; The hour is late ; A bus ticket and a world away ; Then and now ; "Brown" stokes the flames ; Two steps forward, one step back ; Building a life without a foundation
Integration. "We are all God's children" ; The schools today ; "We all wish it hadn't happened" ; A healing place for the community ; The new normal.
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