Both sides now : the story of school desegregation's graduates /
This is the untold story of a generation that experienced one of the most extraordinary chapters in our nation's history--school desegregation. Many have attempted to define desegregation, which peaked in the late 1970s, as either a success or a failure; surprisingly few have examined the exper...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | This is the untold story of a generation that experienced one of the most extraordinary chapters in our nation's history--school desegregation. Many have attempted to define desegregation, which peaked in the late 1970s, as either a success or a failure; surprisingly few have examined the experiences of the students who lived though it. Featuring the voices of blacks, whites, and Latinos who graduated in 1980 from racially diverse schools, Both Sides Now offers a powerful firsthand account of how desegregation affected students--during high school and later in life. Their stories, set in a rich. |
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| Item Description: | "George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studies"--P. [ii]. Books at JSTOR Evidence Based Acquisitions EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxi, 346 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-337) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520942486 0520942485 1282360752 9781282360754 9786612360756 6612360755 |
