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A question of justice : New South governors and education, 1968-1976 / Gordon E. Harvey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harvey, Gordon E. (Gordon Earl), 1967-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education and state--Alabama--History--20th century.
- Education and state.
- Education and state--Florida--History--20th century.
- Education and state--South Carolina--History--20th century.
- Educational change--Alabama--History--20th century.
- Educational change.
- Educational change--Florida--History--20th century.
- Educational change--South Carolina--History--20th century.
- School integration--Alabama--History--20th century.
- School integration.
- School integration--Florida--History--20th century.
- School integration--South Carolina--History--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (240 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Three trailblazers for education reform in the Sunbelt South. In southern politics, 1970 marked a watershed. A group of southern governors entered office that year and changed both the way the nation looked at the South and the way the constituents of those states viewed themselves. Reubin Askew in Florida, John West in South Carolina, Jimmy Carter in Georgia, and Albert Brewer in Alabama all represented a new breed of progressive moderate politician that helped demolish Jim Crow segregation and the dual economies, societies, and educational syste
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I: ALBERT BREWER OF ALABAMA; 1. "Deeper Than a Bus Running Down a Road": The Integration of Alabama's Public Schools; 2. "Why Not the Teachers?": Education Reform in Alabama, 1968-1970; PART II: REUBIN ASKEW OF FLORIDA; 3. A Question of Justice: The 1972 Florida Busing Straw Vote; 4. Building a Better Florida: The 1973 Florida Education Reforms; PART III: JOHN C. WEST OF SOUTH CAROLINA; 5. Forging a "New South Carolina": The Aftermath of Integration; 6. Sunbelt to the Rescue: Education Reform in South Carolina; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-220) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8173-1337-0
- OCLC:
- 426059914
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