Something must be done about Prince Edward County : a family, a Virginia town, a civil rights battle Cover Image

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Something must be done about Prince Edward County : a family, a Virginia town, a civil rights battle / Kristen Green.

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780062268679
ISBN: 0062268678
Physical Description: x, 320 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2015]
Copyright: ©2015

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-302) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

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.