A victory of sorts : desegregation in a southern community / Winfred E. Pitts.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pitts, Winfred E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School integration--Georgia--Gainesville--History.

School integration.

African Americans--Education--Georgia--Gainesville--History.

African Americans.

African Americans--Education.

History.

Georgia--Gainesville.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 218 pages ; 22 cm

Other Title:

Desegregation in a southern community

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : University Press of America, [2003]

Summary:

This book recounts the desegregation process in Gainesville. Gains, as well as losses, by African Americans are analyzed through artifacts and interviews with those who were involved. A thorough study of the history of Gainesville and Hall County Schools, particularly E.E. Butler High School, as a microcosm of the effects of African American school closings in the 1960s and 1970s, will lead to a greater understanding of the African American experience in the desegregation of American public schools.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Unequal from the Start 1

Chapter 2 The Southern Way of Life 33

Chapter 3 We Negroes Have Caught Enough 69

Chapter 4 E. E. Butler High School 109

Chapter 5 They Took Away Our Pride and Joy 143.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-208) and index.

ISBN:

0761825339

OCLC:

51867793