The Resource Integration now : Alexander v. Holmes and the end of Jim Crow education, William P. Hustwit
Integration now : Alexander v. Holmes and the end of Jim Crow education, William P. Hustwit
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- Summary
- "Recovering the history of a landmark Supreme Court case that has received surprisingly little attention from scholars, William P. Hustwit assesses the significant role that Alexander v. Holmes (1969) played in integrating the South's public schools and argues that the Alexander decision was ultimately more decisive than Brown v. Board in terminating public school segregation. Although the Brown ruling has rightly received the lion's share of attention, its ambiguous implementation language -- 'all deliberate speed' -- led to more than a decade of delays and resistance by whites. Alexander v. Holmes required 'integration now,' and less than a year later, thousands of children were attending integrated schools"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiii, 266 pages
- Contents
-
- An
- Imperfect revolution : enforcing Alexander
- Race and education before Alexander
- The
- Holmes County movement
- The
- Grassroots and the lawyers
- Pleading for the Fifth
- All the President's mendacity
- Alexander in the high court
- Isbn
- 9781469648552
- Label
- Integration now : Alexander v. Holmes and the end of Jim Crow education
- Title
- Integration now
- Title remainder
- Alexander v. Holmes and the end of Jim Crow education
- Statement of responsibility
- William P. Hustwit
- Subject
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- African Americans -- Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Alexander, Beatrice -- Trials, litigation, etc
- Holmes County (Miss.), Board of Education -- Trials, litigation, etc
- Mississippi -- Holmes County
- School integration
- 1900-1999
- School integration -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- School integration -- Mississippi | Holmes County -- History -- 20th century
- Trials
- United States
- School integration -- Law and legislation
- African Americans -- Civil rights
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Recovering the history of a landmark Supreme Court case that has received surprisingly little attention from scholars, William P. Hustwit assesses the significant role that Alexander v. Holmes (1969) played in integrating the South's public schools and argues that the Alexander decision was ultimately more decisive than Brown v. Board in terminating public school segregation. Although the Brown ruling has rightly received the lion's share of attention, its ambiguous implementation language -- 'all deliberate speed' -- led to more than a decade of delays and resistance by whites. Alexander v. Holmes required 'integration now,' and less than a year later, thousands of children were attending integrated schools"--
- Assigning source
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- Cataloging source
- NcU/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hustwit, William P.,
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- KF4155
- LC item number
- .H87 2019
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Alexander, Beatrice
- Holmes County (Miss.)
- School integration
- School integration
- African Americans
- African Americans
- School integration
- School integration
- Trials
- Mississippi
- United States
- Label
- Integration now : Alexander v. Holmes and the end of Jim Crow education, William P. Hustwit
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-256) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- An
- Imperfect revolution : enforcing Alexander
- Race and education before Alexander
- The
- Holmes County movement
- The
- Grassroots and the lawyers
- Pleading for the Fifth
- All the President's mendacity
- Alexander in the high court
- Control code
- 1050142463
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xiii, 266 pages
- Isbn
- 9781469648552
- Lccn
- 2018038927
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1050142463
- Label
- Integration now : Alexander v. Holmes and the end of Jim Crow education, William P. Hustwit
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-256) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- An
- Imperfect revolution : enforcing Alexander
- Race and education before Alexander
- The
- Holmes County movement
- The
- Grassroots and the lawyers
- Pleading for the Fifth
- All the President's mendacity
- Alexander in the high court
- Control code
- 1050142463
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xiii, 266 pages
- Isbn
- 9781469648552
- Lccn
- 2018038927
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1050142463
Subject
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Alexander, Beatrice -- Trials, litigation, etc
- Holmes County (Miss.), Board of Education -- Trials, litigation, etc
- Mississippi -- Holmes County
- School integration
- 1900-1999
- School integration -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- School integration -- Mississippi | Holmes County -- History -- 20th century
- Trials
- United States
- School integration -- Law and legislation
- African Americans -- Civil rights
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