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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454339903321

Autore

Baer Frances Lisa <1968->

Titolo

Resistance to public school desegregation [[electronic resource] ] : Little Rock, Arkansas, and beyond / / Frances Lisa Baer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2008

ISBN

1-59332-363-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 p.)

Collana

Law and society

Disciplina

379.2/630973

Soggetti

Discrimination in education - United States - History

School integration - United States - History

Discrimination in education - Arkansas - Little Rock - History

School integration - Arkansas - Little Rock - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-318) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preparations for compliance in the "city of roses" -- Segregationist Arkansas rear their heads -- James Jackson Kilpatrick, Jr., and the "transcendent issue" -- The citizens' council turns up the heat -- Last ditch attempts at avoidance -- Governor Faubus calls out the guard -- The Little Rock crisis in the eyes of the world and at home -- The "prevailing spirit of defiance" -- The moderates awaken : "massive resistance" after Cooper -- The forces of moderation reclaim the "city of roses".