The hardest deal of all : the battle over school integration in Mississippi, 1870-1980 / Charles C. Bolton.
Race has shaped public education in the Magnolia State, from Reconstruction through the Carter Administration. For The Hardest Deal of All: The Battle Over School Integration in Mississippi, 1870-1980 Charles C. Bolton mines newspaper accounts, interviews, journals, archival records, legal and finan...
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| Other title: | Battle over school integration in Mississippi, 1870-1980. |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Jackson :
University Press of Mississippi,
2007.
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| Summary: | Race has shaped public education in the Magnolia State, from Reconstruction through the Carter Administration. For The Hardest Deal of All: The Battle Over School Integration in Mississippi, 1870-1980 Charles C. Bolton mines newspaper accounts, interviews, journals, archival records, legal and financial documents, and other sources to uncover the complex story of one of Mississippi's most significant and vexing issues. This history closely examines specific events--the after-math of the Brown v. Board of Education decision, the 1966 protests and counter-demonstrations in Grenada, and the effor. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (301 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781604730609 1604730609 9781934110744 1934110744 |