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Women Activists in the Fight for Georgia School Desegregation, 1958-1961
Contributor(s): Dartt, Rebecca H. (Author)
ISBN: 0786438436     ISBN-13: 9780786438433
Publisher: McFarland & Company
OUR PRICE:   $29.65  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: June 2008
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Women's Studies
- Education | History
- Education | Educational Policy & Reform
Dewey: 379.263
LCCN: 2008022974
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.8" (0.70 lbs) 229 pages
Themes:
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
- Geographic Orientation - Georgia
- Chronological Period - 1950's
- Chronological Period - 1960's
 
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Publisher Description:
On the heels of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education, the Georgia General Assembly enacted a series of massive anti-desegregation laws to stand in opposition to the federal mandate. Governor Ernest Vandiver was elected with an overwhelming majority after promising to close every school if even one Negro entered a white classroom. While the fight for segregated schools was certainly strong, a small group of women in Atlanta's white community played a radical role in bringing peaceful desegregation to the Georgia school system. This book tells the story of HOPE (Help Our Public Education), beginning with a small neighborhood coffee chat then growing through mail and meeting campaigns across the state. The women of HOPE changed the school crisis from politics-as-usual to public controversy. Based on factual material found in library special collections, books, newspapers, transcripts, symposiums, and several interviews, this book honors and tells the story of a small group of courageous, hard-working women credited with creating a public climate in which peaceful desegregation was possible.