LEADER 02959nam 2200601 a 450 001 9910810267403321 005 20240313072720.0 010 $a0-8173-8110-4 035 $a(CKB)2670000000277370 035 $a(EBL)1062355 035 $a(OCoLC)819624350 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000758316 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11428164 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000758316 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10773952 035 $a(PQKB)11705722 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1062355 035 $a(OCoLC)823738564 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse27040 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1062355 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10629241 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000277370 100 $a20080611d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA new day in the Delta $einventing school desegregation as you go /$fDavid W. Beckwith 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aTuscaloosa $cUniversity of Alabama Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (293 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8173-1633-7 327 $aAcknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Chapter 13; Chapter 14; Chapter 15; Chapter 16; Chapter 17; Chapter 18; Chapter 19; Chapter 20; Chapter 21; Chapter 22; Chapter 23; Chapter 24; Chapter 25; Chapter 26; Chapter 27; Chapter 28; Chapter 29; Chapter 30; Chapter 31; Chapter 32; Chapter 33; Chapter 34; Chapter 35; Chapter 36; Chapter 37; Chapter 38; Epilogue; Appendix 1. Internal Staff Memorandum for Leland Schools; Appendix 2. National States' Rights Party Newsletter 327 $aAppendix 3. Letter by National States' Rights Party National Chairman J. E. Stoner 330 $aA New Day in the Delta is a fresh and appealing memoir of the experience of a young white college graduate in need of a job as the Vietnam War reached its zenith. David Beckwith applied and was accepted for a teaching position in the Mississippi Delta in the summer of 1969. Although it seemed to him a bit strange that he was accepted so quickly for this job while his other applications went nowhere, he was grateful for the opportunity. Beckwith reported for work to learn that he was to be assigned to an all-black school as the first step in Mississippi's long-deferred school d 606 $aTeachers$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aTeachers, White$zMississippi$zLeland 606 $aFaculty integration$zMississippi$zLeland 615 0$aTeachers 615 0$aTeachers, White 615 0$aFaculty integration 676 $a371.10092 676 $aB 700 $aBeckwith$b David W$01693546 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810267403321 996 $aA new day in the Delta$94071415 997 $aUNINA