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In 1959, Virginia’s Prince Edward County closed its public schools rather than obey a court order to desegregate. For five years, black children were left to fend for themselves while the courts decided if the county could continue to deny its citizens public education. Investigating this remarkable and nearly forgotten story of local, state, and federal political confrontation, Christopher Bonastia recounts the test of wills that pitted resolute African Americans against equally steadfast white
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- Author
- Christopher Bonastia
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press. 1427 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637. Tel: 773-702-7700; Fax: 773-702-9756; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: http://www.press.uchicago.edu/books
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9786613355140
- Category
- education
- Subjects
- Education, Public, Sociology
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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