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Race, reason, and massive resistance : the diary of David J. Mays, 1954-1959 / edited by James R. Sweeney.
Van Pelt Library KF373.M393 A3 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mays, David John, 1896-1971.
- Series:
- Politics and culture in the twentieth-century South
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mays, David John, 1896-1971--Diaries.
- Mays, David John.
- Mays, David John, 1896-1971.
- Lawyers--Virginia--Richmond--Diaries.
- Lawyers.
- School integration--Massive resistance movement--Virginia--History--20th century--Sources.
- School integration.
- School integration--Massive resistance movement.
- History.
- Virginia.
- Virginia--Richmond.
- Genre:
- Sources.
- Diaries.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 302 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, [2008]
- Summary:
- These private writings by a prominent white southern lawyer offer insight into his states embrace of massive white resistance following the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling. David J. Mays of Richmond, Virginia, was a highly regarded attorney, a Pulitzer Prizewinning biographer, and a member of his citys political and social elite. He was also a diarist for most of his adult life. This volume comprises diary excerpts from the years 1954 to 1959. For much of this time Mays was counsel to the commission, chaired by State Senator Garland Gray, that was charged with formulating Virginias response to federal mandates concerning the integration of public schools. Later, Mays was involved in litigation triggered by that response.
- Contents:
- Brown to Brown II : May 17, 1954-May 31, 1955
- Preparing the Gray Commission report : June 1, 1955-November 11, 1955
- Convention campaign: November 12, 1955-January 9, 1956
- Interposition and delay: January 10, 1956-March 4, 1956
- Convention and aftermath: March 5, 1956-June 18, 1956
- The rise of massive resistance: June 21, 1956-August 24, 1956
- A very special session: August 27, 1956-October 2, 1956
- Virginia politics and the NAACP cases: October 6, 1956-June 29, 1957
- The courts close in: July 5, 1957-May 21, 1958
- The Commission on Constitutional Government : June 8, 1958-September 10, 1958
- Schools close: September 15, 1958-January 17, 1959
- The collapse of massive resistance and its consequences: January 19, 1959-June 9, 1959.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-292) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780820330259
- 0820330256
- OCLC:
- 145733048
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