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The Educational Lockout of African Americans in Prince Edward County, Virginia (1959-1964): Personal Accounts and Reflections
Contributor(s): Hicks, Terence (Editor), Pitre, Abul (Editor)

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 ISBN: 0761850627     ISBN-13: 9780761850625
Publisher: University Press of America
OUR PRICE: $77.70  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: February 2010
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Education | History
- Education | Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects
- Psychology
Dewey: 371.009
LCCN: 2009943010
Series: Issues in Black Education
Physical Information: 0.25" H x 5" W x 8" L (0.27 lbs) 118 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1950's
- Chronological Period - 1960's
- Cultural Region - South Atlantic
- Cultural Region - Southeast U.S.
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
- Geographic Orientation - Virginia
- Topical - Black History
Features: Bibliography, Index
 
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Publisher Description:
The Educational Lockout of African Americans in Prince Edward County, Virginia (1959-1964): Personal Accounts and Reflections provides ground-breaking research on the historical events surrounding the Prince Edward County's school closings. For five years (1959-1964), the families of 1,700 African American students were forced to cope with the absence of public schooling in the county. Their efforts led to the case Davis v. the County School Board of Prince Edward County, which was one of the cases that were consolidated with Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. The book offers the reader two exciting sections. In the first section, the contributing authors provide interesting findings on Grassroots schools, the Kennedy administration, and an African American movement during the Prince Edward County school closings. In the second section, the authors provide the reader with personal reflections and a lecture from four professors whose parents were affected by the Prince Edward County lockout. Three of the four professors were graduates of the Prince Edward County school system.
 
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