Something must be done about Prince Edward County : a family, a Virginia town, a civil rights battle / Kristen Green.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Green, Kristen (Journalist), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Green, Kristen (Journalist).

Green, Kristen.

African American students--Virginia--Prince Edward County--Biography.

African American students.

School integration--Virginia--Prince Edward County.

School integration.

Educational equalization--Virginia--Prince Edward County.

Educational equalization.

Civil rights movements--Virginia--Prince Edward County.

Civil rights movements.

Virginia--Prince Edward County.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

x, 320 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2015]

Summary:

Combining hard-hitting investigative journalism and a sweeping family narrative, this provocative true story reveals a little-known chapter of American history-- the period after the Brown v. Board of Education decision when one Virginia school system refused to integrate.

Contents:

Separate but not equal. A perfectly charming Southern town ; Homecoming in Black and white ; Prince Edward joins "Brown v. Board of Education" ; My family's part ; Locked out

The Lost Generation. The Segregation Academy ; Waiting and seeing ; Nigger lovers ; "You go where your parents tell you to" ; Elsie's other life ; The hour is late ; A bus ticket and a world away; Then and now ; "Brown" stokes the flames ; Two steps forward, one step back ; Building a life without a foundation

Integration. "We are all God's children" ; The schools today ; "We all wish it hadn't happened" ; A healing place for the community ; The new normal.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [277]-[303]) and index.

ISBN:

9780062268679 :

0062268678

OCLC:

889642488