Why busing failed : race, media, and the national resistance to school desegregation / Matthew F. Delmont.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Delmont, Matthew F., author.

Contributor:

EBSCOhost.

Series:

American crossroads ; 42.

American Crossroads ; 42

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Busing for school integration--United States--History--20th century.

Busing for school integration.

School integration--Massive resistance movement--History--20th century.

School integration.

School integration--Massive resistance movement.

History.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

The origins of "anti-busing" politics : from New York protests to the Civil Rights Act

Surrender in Chicago : cities' rights and the limits of federal enforcement of school desegregation

Boston before the "busing crisis" : black education activism and official resistance in the cradle liberty

Standing against "busing" : bipartisan and national political opposition to school desegregation

Richard Nixon's "antibusing" presidency

"Miserable women on television" : Irene McCabe, television news, and grassroots "anti-busing" politics

"It's not the bus, it's us" : the complexity of black opinions on "busing"

Television news and the making of the Boston "busing crisis."

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 11, 2016).

Other Format:

Print version: Delmont, Matthew F., author. Why busing failed

ISBN:

9780520959873

0520959876

Publisher Number:

99968631197

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.