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Transforming the elite : black students and the desegregation of private schools / Michelle A. Purdy.
LIBRA LD7501.A82 P87 2018
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Purdy, Michelle A., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Westminster Schools (Atlanta, Ga.)--History--20th century.
- Westminster Schools (Atlanta, Ga.).
- Pressly, William L. (William Laurens), 1908-2001.
- Pressly, William L.
- Private schools--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century.
- Private schools.
- School integration--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century.
- School integration.
- School integration--United States--History--20th century.
- African American students--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century.
- African American students.
- History.
- Georgia--Atlanta.
- United States.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 243 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- "When traditionally white public schools in the South became sites of massive resistance in the wake of the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision, numerous white students exited the public system altogether, with parents choosing homeschooling or private segregationist academies. But some historically white elite private schools opted to desegregate. The black students that attended these schools courageously navigated institutional and interpersonal racism, but ultimately emerged as upwardly mobile leaders. 'Transforming the Elite' tells this story. Focusing on the experiences of the first black students to desegregate Atlanta's well-known Westminster Schools and national efforts to diversify private schools, Michelle A. Purdy combines social history with policy analysis"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The inheritances of a new elite private school
- Contending with change and challenges
- The blurring of public and private
- The fearless firsts
- Courageous navigation.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-231) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781469643489
- 1469643480
- 9781469643496
- 1469643499
- OCLC:
- 1029474552
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