ISBN:
9780691092935
,
0691092931
Language:
English
Pages:
X, 330 S.
,
Ill.
,
24 cm
Edition:
1. ed.
Series Statement:
Politics and society in twentieth-century America
DDC:
379.2/630976773
Keywords:
Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.) History
;
School integration History 20th century
;
African American students History 20th century
;
African Americans Education 20th century
;
History
;
School integration Massive resistance movement 20th century
;
History
;
Little Rock (Ark.) Race relations
;
Little Rock (Ark.) Politics and government 20th century
;
Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.)
;
History
;
School integration
;
Arkansas
;
Little Rock
;
History
;
20th century
;
African American students
;
Arkansas
;
Little Rock
;
History
;
20th century
;
African Americans
;
Education
;
Arkansas
;
Little Rock
;
History
;
20th century
;
School integration
;
Massive resistance movement
;
Arkansas
;
Little Rock
;
History
;
20th century
;
Little Rock (Ark.)
;
Race relations
;
Little Rock (Ark.)
;
Politics and government
;
20th century
;
Central High School Little Rock
;
Rassendiskriminierung
Abstract:
Mapping change : Little Rock forges a desegregation plan -- "Occupied Arkansas" : class, gender, and the politics of resistance -- Uncivil disobedience : the politics of race and resistance at Central High School, 1957-1958 -- The politics of school closure : massive resistance put to the test, 1958-1959 -- The politics of fear and gridlock -- Politics as usual : reviving the politics of tokenism. -- Conclusions. Little Rock and the legacies of Brown v. Board of Education
Description / Table of Contents:
Mapping change : Little Rock forges a desegregation plan -- "Occupied Arkansas" : class, gender, and the politics of resistance -- Uncivil disobedience : the politics of race and resistance at Central High School, 1957-1958 -- The politics of school closure : massive resistance put to the test, 1958-1959 -- The politics of fear and gridlock -- Politics as usual : reviving the politics of tokenism. -- Conclusions. Little Rock and the legacies of Brown v. Board of Education.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=38211
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