The hardest deal of all : the battle over school integration in Mississippi, 1870-1980 / Charles C. Bolton.

Author/creator Bolton, Charles C.
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoJackson, MS : University Press of Mississippi, 2005.
Descriptionxxii, 278 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
School integration--Mississippi.
Segregation in education--Mississippi.
African Americans--Education. --Mississippi.
School integration--Massive resistance movement. --Mississippi.

Contents Too many schools, too little money : Mississippi's dual education system, 1870-1940 -- A last gasp to maintain a segregated system : Mississippi's failed effort to make separate education truly equal -- Years of nothing but deliberate speed : the aftermath of Brown in Mississippi -- The crack in the wall : school desegregation begins -- Freedom of choice for whites : massive resistance by another name -- Freedom of choice for blacks : "very little choice and no freedom at all" -- School integration : we do not want our children going to school with yours -- School integration : a pyrrhic victory?
Local noteLittle-346477--305131051861Y
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 224-268) and index.
LCCN 2005004454
ISBN1578067170 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9781578067176 (cloth : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks LC214.22 .M7 B65 2005 ✔ Available Place Hold