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Something must be done about Prince Edward County, a family, a Virginia town, a civil rights battle, Kristen Green

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Something must be done about Prince Edward County, a family, a Virginia town, a civil rights battle, Kristen Green

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [277]-[303]) and index

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contains biographical information

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platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Something must be done about Prince Edward County

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

889642488

Responsibility statement

Kristen Green

Sub title

a family, a Virginia town, a civil rights battle

Summary

Combining hard-hitting investigative journalism and a sweeping family narrative, this provocative true story reveals a little-known chapter of American history-- the period after the Brown v. Board of Education decision when one Virginia school system refused to integrate

Table Of Contents

Separate but not equal. A perfectly charming Southern town ; Homecoming in Black and white ; Prince Edward joins "Brown v. Board of Education" ; My family's part ; Locked out -- The Lost Generation. The Segregation Academy ; Waiting and seeing ; Nigger lovers ; "You go where your parents tell you to" ; Elsie's other life ; The hour is late ; A bus ticket and a world away; Then and now ; "Brown" stokes the flames ; Two steps forward, one step back ; Building a life without a foundation -- Integration. "We are all God's children" ; The schools today ; "We all wish it hadn't happened" ; A healing place for the community ; The new normal

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