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Matthew D. (Hrsg.) Lassiter

The Moderates' Dilemma

Massive Resistance to School Desegregation in Virginia

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In 1958, facing court-ordered integration, Virginia governor J. Lindsay Almond Jr. closed public schools in three cities, one of the first instances of the massive resistance embraced by conservative southern politicians in the wake of Brown v. Board of Education. This action provoked not only the NAACP but also large numbers of white middle-class Virginians who quickly organized to protest the school closings. Confronted with the dilemma of accepting desegregation or the ruination of public education, these white moderates finally coalesced into a formidable political coalition that defeated the massive resistance forces in 1959. In The Mod… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Lewis, Andrew B. (Hrsg.)
  • ISBN: 978-0-8139-1817-4
  • EAN: 9780813918174
  • Produktnummer: 1507685
  • Verlag: University Press of Virginia
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 1998
  • Seitenangabe: 272 S.
  • Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.6 cm 423 g
  • Abbildungen: Paperback
  • Gewicht: 423

Über den Autor


Matthew D. Lassiter is an intructor in the history department at the University of Virginia.Andrew B. Lewis is an instructor at the University of Virginia and a scholar-in-residence at the Carter G. Woodson Institute for Afro-American and African-Studies.Paul M. Gaston is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Virginia.

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