From Brown to Meredith : the long struggle for school desegregation in Louisville, Kentucky, 1954-2007 / Tracy E. K'Meyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

K'Meyer, Tracy Elaine.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Busing for school integration--Kentucky--Louisville--History.

Busing for school integration.

Educational equalization--Kentucky--Louisville--History.

Educational equalization.

Public schools--Kentucky--Louisville--History.

Public schools.

School integration--Kentucky--Louisville--History.

School integration.

Louisville (Ky.)--Race relations.

Louisville (Ky.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (236 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

When the Supreme Court overturned Louisville's local desegregation plan in 2007, the people of Jefferson County, Kentucky, faced the question of whether and how to maintain racial diversity in their schools. This debate came at a time when scholars, pundits, and much of the public had declared school integration a failed experiment rightfully abandoned. Using oral history narratives, newspaper accounts, and other documents, Tracy E. K'Meyer exposes the disappointments of desegregation, draws attention to those who struggled for over five decades to bring about equality and diversity, and highl

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 School Desegregation in the Wake of Brown, 1954-1971; 2 The Beginning of Busing, 1971-1980; 3 The Continuing Struggle over Desegregation, 1981-2007; 4 Remembering the Meaning and Impact of School Desegregation; Conclusion; Appendix: Interviewees; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

979-88-908860-9-5

979-88-908861-0-1

1-4696-0709-3

1-4696-1255-0

OCLC:

848917982