The making of massive resistance ; Virginia's politics of public school desegregation, 1954-1956 / Robbins L. Gates.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gates, Robbins L. (Robbins Ladew), 1922-2008.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Segregation in education.

Education--Virginia.

Education.

Virginia--Politics and government--1951-.

Virginia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 222 pages) : illustrations, maps

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2016

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press [1964]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this book, Gates brings before the reader persons and features unique to racial politics in the commonwealth of Virginia. He deals with the turbulent days that followed school desegregation decisions in 1954 and 1955 and with the emergence of the ""massive resistance"" movement in the region. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats,

Contents:

Cover; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF FIGURES; INTRODUCTION; I. VIRGINIA: ITS COUNTIES, CITIES, AND RACES; 1. Virginia's Black Belt: Southside and Tidewater Counties; 2. The Middle Ground; 3. The White Belt: Mountains, Valleys, and Suburbia; 4. The Cities; 5. Which Is Virginia?; II. PARTISAN AND POLITICAL VIRGINIA; 1. Senator Byrd and the Organization; 2. Antiorganization Democrats; 3. Republicans; 4. Negroes, Conservatism, and Politics; III. THE ORGANIZATION OF REACTION; 1. The Political Process Gets Underway; 2. The Governor's Select Committee on Public Education

3. Defenders of State Sovereignty and Individual Liberties 4. Public Hearing at the Mosque; IV. WHILE THE COMMISSION PONDERED; 1. The Preliminary Reports; 2. Control of the Public Schools; 3. Defenders, Preachers, and the Virginia Council on Human Relations; 4. Negroes and the NAACP; 5. Some Individual Views; 6. A Summary; V. THE GRAY PLAN; 1. Almond v. Day; 2. The Proposed Mechanics of Pupil Assignment and Tuition Grants; 3. Special Session of the General Assembly; VI. REFERENDUM-A VIRGINIA CAMPAIGN; 1. The In-Betweens; 2. Thirty-Six Days of Campaign; VII. WHO VOTED WHERE AND FOR WHAT

1. Deviatory Counties and Cities 2. Two Moderate, Two Extreme; VIII. INTERPOSITION, NOW!; 1. Virginians Interpose for the First Time, 1798; 2. The Amazing Campaign of James Jackson Kilpatrick; 3. Virginia Interposes a Second Time, 1956; IX. THE AFTERMATH OF INTERPOSITION; 1. The General Assembly at Dead Center; 2. Negroes Win in the Federal Courts; 3. Formulation of Massive Resistance; 4. Possible Perils of Moderation and Independent Action; X. SOME VIEWS OF INDIVIDUALS; 1. J. Barrye Wall; 2. John H. Marion; 3. Oliver W. Hill; 4. T. Justin Moore; 5. Lester Banks; 6. Kathryn H. Stone

7. Dabney S. Lancaster 8. Robert Whitehead; 9. Stuart B. Carter; 10. A Black-Belt Legislator; 11. Robert B. Crawford; 12. Colgate W. Darden, Jr.; 13. The Time and the Temper; XI. ADOPTION OF THE STANLEY PLAN; 1. The Issue Rephrased; 2. Maneuver, Delay, and Decision; 3. The Vote on H.B. 1.; 4. Interposition? Massive Resistance?; XII. SAME SCENE-TEN MONTHS LATER; 1. The Reverend S. L. Massie; 2. A Richmond Minister; 3. Armistead L. Boothe; 4. Some Questions; XIII. THE MAKING OF MASSIVE RESISTANCE: A SUMMING UP; 1. Political Leadership and Political Survival; 2. A Matter of Values; AFTERMATH

BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliography: p. 215-218.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-88-908763-8-6

979-88-9313-148-2

1-4696-1973-3

0-8078-9978-X

OCLC:

821182009