Maxine Smith's unwilling pupils : lessons learned in Memphis's civil rights classroom / Sherry L. Hoppe, Bruce W. Speck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoppe, Sherry L. (Sherry Lee), 1947-

Contributor:

Speck, Bruce W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Smith, Maxine Atkins.

Women civil rights workers--Tennessee--Memphis--Biography.

Women civil rights workers.

African American educators--Tennessee--Memphis--Biography.

African American educators.

Tennessee--Memphis.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xix, 290 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, [2007]

Contents:

Chapter 1 Maxine's Early Years: An Activist in the Making 7

Chapter 2 The Defining Moment 15

Part 2 The Turbulent 1960s: Maxine Helps Reshape the Landscape

Chapter 3 The Chisel and the Sledgehammer: Desegregating Schools 25

Chapter 4 Crossing the Color Barrier in Public Facilities 61

Chapter 5 Striking the Inequality in Employment 93

Part 3 Progress in the 1970s: Maxine and Vasco Move inside the Power Structure

Chapter 6 The Infiltration of the School Board 135

Chapter 7 Vasco: The Other Half of the Heartbeat 151

Chapter 8 The Power of the Vote 173

Part 4 From Activist to Advocate: The 1980s and 1990s

Chapter 9 The Haze on the Windshield of Busing 189

Chapter 10 From the Rejected to the Boss 203

Part 5 In the New Millennium: Looking Back and Looking Forward

Chapter 11 A Conversation with Maxine's Friends and Son 225

Appendix 1 Memphis Criteria for Student Transfers Based on Tennessee Pupil Placement Law 243

Appendix 2 Board of Education Letter with Response to Ten Questions 245

Appendix 3 School Board Responses to Fifteen Demands 251

Appendix 4 Statement of the Board of Education 255

Appendix 5 Awards and Recognitions Maxine Has Received 259

Appendix 6 Family Tree 269.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [271]-283) and index.

"An authorized biography of Maxine Atkins Smith."

ISBN:

9781572335875

1572335874

OCLC:

76937299