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

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

Creator
Author
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
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
x, 320 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
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
Isbn
9780062268679
Instance
Label
Something must be done about Prince Edward County : a family, a Virginia town, a civil rights battle
Title
Something must be done about Prince Edward County
Title remainder
a family, a Virginia town, a civil rights battle
Statement of responsibility
Kristen Green
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
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
Biography type
contains biographical information
Cataloging source
YDXCP
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Green, Kristen
Dewey number
379.26309755632
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • plates
Index
index present
LC call number
LC214.22.V8
LC item number
G74 2015
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Green, Kristen
  • African American students
  • School integration
  • Educational equalization
  • Civil rights movements
Label
Something must be done about Prince Edward County : a family, a Virginia town, a civil rights battle, Kristen Green
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [277]-[303]) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
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
Control code
1602769
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
x, 320 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780062268679
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (Sirsi) 1602769
  • (OCoLC)889642488
Label
Something must be done about Prince Edward County : a family, a Virginia town, a civil rights battle, Kristen Green
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [277]-[303]) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
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
Control code
1602769
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
x, 320 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780062268679
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (Sirsi) 1602769
  • (OCoLC)889642488

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